The nomen Pedius might be derived from the cognomen Pedo, a name referring to someone with broad feet.
[2] The main families of the Pedii used the praenomina Quintus and Sextus, both of which were very common throughout Roman history.
Individual families used other names, such as Lucius, Gaius, Marcus, Publius, Titus, Gnaeus, and Numerius.
[5] Not long after the time of this family, another branch appears bearing the surname Hirrutus, of uncertain origin.
The first of this family rose to prominence early in the reign of Tiberius, and although the name does not appear again until the second century, one of the Pedii Hirruti obtained the consulship in AD 158.