Medardo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- meh-DAR-doh
- Origin
- Germanic
Medardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “strong, powerful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Medardo mean?
Germanic: Italian and Spanish form of Medard
“strong, powerful”
Saint Medard, a 6th-century bishop of Noyon, is tied to French weather lore much like England's Saint Swithin.
Is Medardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Medardo is a boys' name.
How popular is Medardo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Medardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1961 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Medardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Medardo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Medardo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/medardo, updated 20 October 2026.