Gildardo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- heel-DAR-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Gildardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “worth + brave, hardy”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gildardo mean?
Germanic: Spanish form of Gildard, from Germanic gild + hard
“worth + brave, hardy”
Saint Gildard was a 6th-century bishop of Rouen, said in legend to be the twin brother of Saint Medard.
Is Gildardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Gildardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gildardo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Gildardo, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
2025 had fewer boys named Gildardo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Gildardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gildardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 34 | #2,504 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 21 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 29 | #2,368 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 18 | #2,458 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
Names like Gildardo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gerardo Rodrigo Alvaro Alonso Gustavo Diego Fernando Hugo Guillermo Ricardo Eduardo Franco
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Gildardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gildardo, updated 20 October 2026.