Pero (name)

Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage (Serbian Cyrillic: Перо) 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.

Notable people with the given name include:

• Pêro de Alenquer, 15th century Portuguese explorer of the African coast
• Pero Antić (born 1982), National Basketball Association player from Macedonia
• Pero Blazevski (born 1972), Macedonian former basketball player
• Pero Budmani (1835-1914), Dubrovnik 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 Dujmović (born 1977), Croatian basketball player and agent
• Pêro Escobar, 15th century 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 of Serb and Austrian descent
• Pero López de Ayala (1332-1407), Castilian statesman, historian, poet, chronicler, chancellor and courtier
• Pero Pejić (born 1982), Croatian footballer
• Pero Pirker (1927–1972), Croatian and Yugoslav politician
• Pero Popović (1881–1941), Bosnian Serb painter
• Pero Simić (1946–2016), Bosnian Serb journalist and historian
• Pero Stanić (born 1963), Bosnian Croat volleyball player
• Pero Škorić (born 1969), Serbian football player
• Pero Vaz de Caminha (c. 1450–15 December 1500), Portuguese writer of the official report of the discovery of Brazil.

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

• A. J. Pero (born 1959), drummer
• George Pero (born 1919), American tennis player
• Mike Pero (born 1960), New Zealander businessman