Pero (name)

Pero is a masculine given name. In South Slavic usage (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. The Portuguese given name Pero is a archaic variant of Pedro.

Notable people with the given name include:


 * Pero de Alenquer, 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
 * Pero 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
 * 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 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 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), drummer
 * George Pero (1916–1988), American tennis player
 * Mike Pero (born 1960), New Zealand businessman