Given name & surname
Edoardo
“a wealthy protector”
Edoardo is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edoardo is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edoardo is a variant of Edward. An origin associated with Edward is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian use, Edoardo is used as a form of Edward.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edoardo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 245
- 245 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,818 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,818 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 521 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.
Edoardo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Edoardo has a diminutive in EDO. Edoardo developed from Edward. In Italian usage, Edoardo has a related form in Eduardo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edoardo has relatives in 8 languages.
9 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edoardo
- Edoardo MangiarottiItalian fencer (1919–2012)
- Edoardo AmaldiItalian physicist (1908–1989)
- Edoardo MenichelliItalian Catholic prelate (1939–2025)
- Edoardo RejaItalian association football player and managerborn 1945
- Edoardo SanguinetiItalian writer (1930-2010)
- Edoardo BoveItalian footballerborn 2002
- Edoardo BalleriniAmerican actor and directorborn 1970
- Edoardo AgnelliItalian entrepreneur (1892–1935)
- Edoardo AgnelliSon of Marella Agnelli1954–2000
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