Edo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ედო in GE Georgia and Edó in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Edo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname19K records spelled Edo8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, United Kingdom, Venezuela

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Edó, Edō

• Indonesian given name14K records spelled Edo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written 'Edo, Ëďő

• Portuguese surname6.8K records spelled Edo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Portugal, Brazil

  Also written Êdo, Édo

• a separate name6.7K records spelled Edo9 spellings in the group

  Also written Едо

• a separate name591 records spelled Edo3 spellings in the group

  Also written Edö

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Edo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, ]. former name, Tokyo

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, ) Eddo: männl. Vom., nieder­ deutsch-friesische Kurzform von Namen, die mit »Ed-« beginnen.

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Italian, Edo (the former name of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Yoruba, wooden pole or stake, especially when erect

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In lzz, Latin spelling of ედო (edo)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edo Murtićb. 1921HRCroatian painter (1921-2005)
• Edo de Waartb. 1941NLDutch conductor (born 1941)
• Edo Bertogliob. 1951CHSwiss film director and photographer (born 1951)
• Edo Akemib. 1953JPJapanese musician
• Edo Castrob. 1957USAmerican musician
• Edo Brunnerb. 1970NLDutch actor (born 1970)
• Edo Murićb. 1991SISlovenian basketball player (born 1991)
• Bas Kuipersb. 1994NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer
• Edo Kayembeb. 1998CDCongolese association football player
• Edo Van BreemenCAfilm composer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 188 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edo?

We estimate roughly 3.2 thousand people bear Edo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Edo have the most bearers?

Edo is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled edo.

What does the name Edo mean?

Recorded meaning: Love