Pedro
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter. Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Pedro (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Pedro has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 435 |
| 2000 | 439 |
| 2001 | 438 |
| 2002 | 451 |
| 2003 | 455 |
| 2004 | 465 |
| 2005 | 469 |
| 2006 | 479 |
| 2007 | 484 |
| 2008 | 499 |
| 2009 | 512 |
| 2010 | 515 |
| 2011 | 524 |
| 2012 | 544 |
| 2013 | 554 |
| 2014 | 568 |
| 2015 | 590 |
| 2016 | 609 |
| 2017 | 636 |
| 2018 | 652 |
| 2019 | 681 |
| 2020 | 682 |
Pedro in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Pedro.Hi! My name is Pedro.
- Pedro bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Pedro lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Pedro har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Pedro has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Pedros mamma är lärare.Pedro's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Pedros mamma is Pedro's mum.
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Questions about Pedro
How do you pronounce Pedro in Swedish?
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What does the name Pedro mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Peter. Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Pedro, from Latin Petrus, from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), from πέτρος (pétros, “stone, rock”). Doublet of Peter, Piers, Pietro, and Boutros.
How popular is Pedro in Sweden?
4 babies were named Pedro in 2022. In 2020, 682 people in Sweden had Pedro as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.