Given name
Edgardo
“a powerful and wealthy spearman”
Edgardo is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edgardo is a variant of Edgar. One English interpretation is “a powerful and wealthy spearman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edgardo is a variant of Edgar. An origin associated with Edgar is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1934. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edgardo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,029
- 6,029 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 225 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,007 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,007 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 225 in 1992. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,106 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edgardo’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Edgardo has a diminutive in EGAY. Edgardo has a related form in Edgar. In Italian usage, Edgardo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Edgar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edgardo has relatives in 5 languages.
3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edgardo
- Edgardo BauzaArgentine association football player and managerborn 1958
- Edgardo CodesalFootball refereeborn 1951
- Edgardo FariñaPanamanian footballerborn 2001
- Edgardo ToettiItalian sprinter (1910–1968)
- Edgardo AndradaArgentine association football player (1939–2019)
- Edgardo GonzálezUruguayan footballer (1936-2007)
- Edgardo AngaraPresident of the Senate of the Philippines from 1993 to 19951934–2018
- Edgardo MortaraItalian priest (1851–1940)
- Edgardo DonatoArgentine composer (1897–1963)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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