Portuguese origin
Source-reportedEither borrowed from Old Tupi Peró, or already directly from Portuguese Pero.
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- Wiktionary: PeróCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Portuguese roots
Language contexts for this entry: Karirí-Xocó, Tupinambá
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/peɾo/ · Karirí-Xocó
01 / Meaning & origin
Peró is a masculine given name documented in Karirí-Xocó and Tupinambá. English Wiktionary traces it to Portuguese Pero via Tupinambá.
Either borrowed from Old Tupi Peró, or already directly from Portuguese Pero.
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04 / Through time
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Pero— “stone”
_Pero_, _m._ _It._ Gr. stone, 108
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
Pero— “bear firm”
_Pero_, _m._ _Esth._ Teu. bear firm, 340
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-17.
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