Given name & surname
Duarte
“a wealthy guardian”
Duarte is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “a wealthy guardian.”
Original SpanishEduardo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “a wealthy guardian.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Duarte developed from Edward.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Duarte through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 5 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 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 446 as a first name in 2020; 42,935 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.
Duarte’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Duarte has a diminutive in DU. In Portuguese usage, Duarte developed from the Middle English form Edward. Duarte has a related form in Duard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Duarte has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Spanish roots to each of them.
Spanishwhere Duarte comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Duarte
- Duarte Pio, Duke of BraganzaPretender to the throne of Portugal (born 1945)
- Duarte BarbosaPortuguese explorer and writer (1480–1521)
- Duarte Pacheco PereiraPortuguese explorer1460–1533
- Duarte Nuno, Duke of BraganzaDuke of Braganza (1907–1976)
- Duarte LoboPortuguese composer1565–1646
- Duarte LeitePortuguese politician and academic (1864-1950)
- Duarte de MenesesPortuguese nobleman and colonial officer1488–1539
- Duarte MendesPortuguese singerborn 1947
- Duarte FernandesPortuguese explorer1401–1501
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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