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Eduardo

Gender
Boy
Say it
e-DWAR-do
Origin
Old English
UK rank, 2025
#2,087 for boys
US rank, 2025
#410 for boys

Eduardo is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealthy guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 410th for boys in the US (778 babies).

What does Eduardo mean?

Old English: Spanish and Portuguese form of Edward

“wealthy guardian”

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Edward.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Eduardo a girl's or a boy's name?

Eduardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 778 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Eduardo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,087th among boys
Babies in 2025
12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Eduardo, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 31 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Eduardo than any year since 2011.

Half of all the boys named Eduardo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 31 in 20142025
Eduardo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#2,087
202417#1,585
202315#1,715
202215#1,708
202124#1,227
202022#1,275
201921#1,302
201813#1,902
201719#1,428
201626#1,163
201517#1,535
201431#1,005
201323#1,199
201228#1,070
201112#1,890
201029#1,047
200912#1,852
200819#1,334
200714#1,605
200619#1,207
200517#1,267
20048#1,983
20038#1,880
200215#1,151
200113#1,209
200011#1,308
19996#1,941
199810#1,346
19979#1,412
199613#1,083

How popular is Eduardo in the US?

Rank in 2025
410th among boys
Babies in 2025
778 about 1 in 2,200 boys
Five-year trend
Steady down 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 778 boys in the US were named Eduardo, making it the 410th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 328th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 3,418 boys. It first appears in the records in 1890.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Eduardo than any year since 1972.

Half of all the boys named Eduardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1890Busiest: 3,418 in 20012025
Eduardo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025778#410
2024869#377
2023921#357
2022981#341
2021975#334
20201,001#328
20191,065#315
20181,071#316
20171,229#291
20161,324#275
20151,448#251
20141,431#262
20131,691#221
20121,860#205
20112,083#185
20102,546#154
20093,336#128
20082,871#142
20072,846#143
20063,317#126
20053,180#129
20043,202#126
20033,121#129
20022,957#133
20013,418#112
20003,161#124
19992,630#145
19982,487#145
19972,624#140
19963,017#123
19953,151#117
19943,276#113
19932,794#125
19922,561#132
19912,522#129
19902,159#149
19891,938#156
19881,385#198
19871,079#220
19861,022#229
19851,051#223
19841,003#224
1983973#230
1982996#234
1981946#238
19801,050#227
1979967#232
19781,002#216
1977960#225
1976996#211
1975846#243
1974811#247
1973891#238
1972711#273
1971736#281
1970759#277
1969669#291
1968594#310
1967527#326
1966526#326
1965523#330
1964470#361
1963447#378
1962474#369
1961371#411
1960368#414
1959318#449
1958314#444
1957261#481
1956234#493
1955242#472
1954197#515
1953182#526
1952174#531
1951173#518
1950148#554
1949139#568
1948126#601
1947113#647
1946121#581
194594#624
194491#651
194391#673
194263#812
194176#708
194064#770
193970#715
193874#710
193778#675
193676#679
193576#693
193492#623
193364#762
193281#677
193191#624
1930101#610
192996#620
1928129#533
192785#702
192675#737
192570#786
192475#778
192383#711
192298#648
192159#913
192055#929
191952#927
191846#986
191735#1,132
191636#1,072
191539#1,015
191433#967
191323#1,049
191217#1,137
191115#855
19108#1,192
190912#840
190811#825
19079#929
19068#926
19056#1,090
19040–
19030–
19020–
190110#683
190011#784
18990–
18980–
18970–
18967#899
18956#977
189413#567
18937#836
18920–
18910–
189010#629

Names like Eduardo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lorenzo, Santiago, Diego, Marco, Cruz, Iago, Leonardo, Angelo, Rocco, Romeo, Hugo, Arlo

Names related to Eduardo

Edward, Eduard, Edoardo, Edouard, Edwardo

More Old English names

Alfie, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Edgar, Alden, Edmund

Every Old English name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Eduardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eduardo, updated 20 October 2026.