Boy · Old High German
Udo
Say it: OO-doh
Meaning
Short form from Germanic od/aud 'wealth, prosperity'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A medieval Saxon noble name that was popular in Germany in the 1940s and 1950s.
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
Used by
Famous bearers
- Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
- Udo Lindenberg, singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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