Aldo

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Boy · Germanic, through Italian

Aldo

Say it: AHL-doh

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Meaning

Italian form of a Germanic short name from ald 'old'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Recorded from the Lombard period in Italy and still used in Italy and Mexico.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 2000s

In the United States

16,558 babies given this name since 1906
At its height in 2007, about 1 in 3,100 boys
293 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Italian Mexican

The family of the name

German	Aldo
Spanish	Aldo

Famous bearers

Aldo Moro, Italian prime minister
Aldo Leopold, American conservationist

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Where this comes from

Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.