Koldo

Boy · Basque (modern coinage)

Koldo

Say it: KOL-doh

Meaning

Short form of Koldobika, created in early 20th-century Basque nationalist naming lists as an equivalent of Luis (Germanic Ludwig).

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Basque

The family of the name

Spanish	Luis

Famous bearers

Koldo Mitxelena, Basque linguist

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Where this comes from

Modern use, as a recently created name
National birth statistics of European countries source

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