Pero (name)

Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage () it is a diminutive form of the name Petar. In Portuguese, it was spelled Pêro until the 1990 Orthographic Agreement of Portuguese; now it is spelled Pero. The Portuguese given name Pero is an archaic variant of Pedro.

Notable people with the given name include:

• Pero de Alenquer, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
• Pero Antić (born 1982), Macedonian former National Basketball Association player
• Pero de Ataíde (c. 1450–1504), Portuguese sea captain, author of a letter giving his account of an expedition in which he participated
• Pero Blazevski (born 1972), Macedonian former basketball player
• Pero Budmani (1835–1914), Croatian Serb linguist and philologist
• Pero Bukejlović (born 1946), Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
• Pero Cameron (born 1974), New Zealand professional basketball player
• Pêro da Covilhã (c. 1460–after 1526), Portuguese diplomat and explorer
• Pero Čingrija (1837–1921), Croatian politician
• Pero Dias, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
• Pero Dujmović (born 1977), Croatian basketball player and agent
• Pero Escobar () Portuguese navigator
• Pero Ferrús (), Castilian poet
• Pero Jones (c. 1753–c. 1798), the eponym of a bridge in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom
• Pero Kovačević (born 1957), Croatian lawyer and politician
• Pero Kvrgić (1927–2020), Croatian actor
• Pero López de Ayala (1332–1407), Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor and courtier
• Pero Niño (1378–1453), Castilian privateer
• Pero Pejić (born 1982), Croatian footballer
• Pero Pirker (1927–1972), Croatian and Yugoslav politician
• Pero Simić (1946–2016), Bosnian Serb journalist and historian
• Pero or Pedro de Sintra (), Portuguese explorer of the west African coast
• Pero Stanić (born 1963), Bosnian Croat volleyball player
• Pero Å korić (born 1969), Serbian former footballer
• Pero Stojkić (born 1986), Bosnian retired footballer
• Pero Sudar (born 1951), former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Pero or Pedro Tafur (c. 1410–c. 1484), Castilian traveler, historian and writer
• Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450–1500), Portuguese explorer, writer of the official report of the discovery of Brazil

Pero is also a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• A. J. Pero (1959–2015), American heavy metal rock drummer
• Dainier Peró (born 1999), Cuban boxer, brother of Lenier Pero
• George Pero (1916–1988), American tennis player
• Lenier Pero (born 1992), Cuban boxer
• Mike Pero (born 1960), New Zealand businessman

See also

• Perović
• Perić
• Perica