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, Macedonian former National Basketball Association player
- Pero de Ataíde, Portuguese sea captain, author of a letter giving his account of an expedition in which he participated
- Pero Blazevski, Macedonian former basketball player
- Pero Budmani, Croatian Serb linguist and philologist
- Pero Bukejlović, Prime Minister of Republika Srpska
- Pero Cameron, New Zealand professional basketball player
- Pêro da Covilhã, Portuguese diplomat and explorer
- Pero Čingrija, Croatian politician
- Pero Dias, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
- Pero Dujmović, Croatian basketball player and agent
- Pero Escobar Portuguese navigator
- Pero Ferrús, Castilian poet
- Pero Jones, the eponym of a bridge in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom
- Pero Kovačević, Croatian lawyer and politician
- Pero Kvrgić, Croatian actor
- Pero López de Ayala, Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor and courtier
- Pero Niño, Castilian privateer
- Pero Pejić, Croatian footballer
- Pero Pirker, Croatian and Yugoslav politician
- Pero Simić, Bosnian Serb journalist and historian
- Pero or Pedro de Sintra, Portuguese explorer of the west African coast
- Pero Stanić, Bosnian Croat volleyball player
- Pero Škorić, Serbian former footballer
- Pero Stojkić, Bosnian retired footballer
- Pero Sudar, former Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop of Vrhbosna in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Pero or Pedro Tafur, Castilian traveler, historian and writer
- Pero Vaz de Caminha, Portuguese explorer, writer of the official report of the discovery of Brazil
- A. J. Pero, American heavy metal rock drummer
- Dainier Peró, Cuban boxer, brother of Lenier Pero
- George Pero, American tennis player
- Lenier Pero, Cuban boxer
- Mike Pero, New Zealand businessman