Eduardo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Edward in FR France, GB United Kingdom, PA Panama and 4 more.

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 across 9 languages 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◐

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

• English given name1.6M records spelled Eduardo37 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ëdüärdö, Éduardo, Edüardo, Ęduardo, Ëdüardö

• Catalan given name145K records spelled Eduardo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Peru

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Éduardo, Ëdüärdö, Êduardô, Eduardó

• Polish given name14K records spelled Eduardo32 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Croatia, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Bulgarian

  Also written Edoardo, Эдоардо, Едоардо, 'Eduardo, Едуардо

• Indonesian given name13K records spelled Eduardo3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Eduárdo

• Russian given name9.6K records spelled Eduardo12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Russia, Spain

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Эдуардо, Едуардо, Эдуарду, Éduardo

90 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●

Eduardo 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 Portuguese, a male given name from Old English, equivalent to English Edward

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

• In Spanish, Anglosajón Eadward: ead 'riqueza' + ward 'guardián'; 'guardián de la propiedad'

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Variante di Edoardo; dal germanico Edwart/Edward, con elementi 'nobile' o 'guerra' e 'custodia, difesa'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Swedish, Eduardo är en spansk form av → Edward.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Italian, var. de Edoardo

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 128 years between 1890–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edward the Elderb. 874GBnot in their usual nameking of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
• Edward, the Black Princeb. 1330GBnot in their usual namePrince of Wales (1330–1376)
• Eduardo Frei Montalvab. 1911CLPresident of Chile (1911-1982)
• Roberto Eduardo Violab. 1924ARmilitary officer, dictator and de facto president of Argentina
• Eduardo Chillidab. 1924ESSpanish Basque sculptor (1924–2002)
• Eduardo Duhaldeb. 1941ARPresident of Argentina from 2002 to 2003
• Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagleb. 1942CLPresident of Chile from 1994 to 2000
• Eddie Guerrerob. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican wrestler (1967–2005)
• Eduardo Saverinb. 1982BRBrazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebook
• Eduardo Vargasb. 1989CLChilean association football player (born 1989)

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 · 1,048 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eduardo?

We estimate roughly 1.5 million people bear Eduardo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Eduardo have the most bearers?

Eduardo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled eduardo.

How common is Eduardo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Eduardo is the 17th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Eduardo a male or female name?

Eduardo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eduardo mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Proto-Germanic, equivalent to English Edward