Edoardo

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Boy · Old English

Edoardo

Say it: eh-doh-AR-doh

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Meaning

From Old English Eadweard, from ead 'wealth' and weard 'guardian'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Protective

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0246818801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2006per million babies of that sex
  • 205 babies given this name since 1983
  • At its height in 2006, about 1 in 146,700 boys
  • 6 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Italian

The family of the name

EnglishEdward
FrenchÉdouard
SpanishEduardo

Names worth a look

Where this comes from

  • National birth statistics of European countries source
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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