Given name & surname
Bardo
“a minstrel; a poet”·“an axe-wolf”·“a farmer”
Bardo is a variant of Bard. One English interpretation is “a minstrel; a poet.” In German use, Bardo is a short form of Bardolf. One English interpretation is “an axe-wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bardo is a variant of Bard. One English interpretation is “a minstrel; a poet.” In German use, Bardo is a short form of Bardolf. One English interpretation is “an axe-wolf.” Bardo is a variant of Bardol. One Basque interpretation is “a farmer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bardo is a variant of Bard. An origin associated with Bard is English. Bardo is a variant of Bardol. An origin associated with Bardol is Basque.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Bardo is a short form of Bardolf.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bardo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 39 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 216 as a first name in 2020; 1,230 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bardo’s family of names
In German usage, Bardo is a short form of Bardolf. Bardo has a related form in Bard. Bardo has a related form in Bardol.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Bardo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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