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Globally, Antero (Antero , Ántero , Антеро ) is a common male given name. The forename Antero is habitual in Cabo Verde, where it is quite a common masculine name, Peru, and Finland, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Brazil, Peru, and Philippines. Very seldom, Antero is the last name as well as the forename.
Antero is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Antero Rokka , the fictional human, The Unknown Soldier and Antero Mellola , the fictional character, a sawmill owner in Under the North Star by Finnish author Väinö Linna.