Given name & surname
Edu
Edu is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese, Hungarian, and Catalan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Edu is a diminutive of Eduardo. Eduardo comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
In Portuguese usage, Edu is a diminutive of Eduardo. In Catalan usage, Edu is a diminutive of Eduard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 72 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 18 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 as a first name in 2020; 233 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.
Edu’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Edu is a diminutive of Eduardo. In Portuguese usage, Edu has a related form in DU. In Catalan usage, Edu is a diminutive of Eduard.
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Around the world
Edu has relatives in 3 languages.
6 related names in 3 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.
People named Edu
- Edu CoimbraBrazilian association football player and managerborn 1947
- EduBrazilian association football playerborn 1978
- EduBrazilian association football playerborn 1981
- Edu DracenaBrazilian association football playerborn 1981
- Edu Expósitoassociation football playerborn 1996
- Edu BediaSpanish footballerborn 1989
- Edu LoboBrazilian singerborn 1943
- Edu AlbácarSpanish footballerborn 1979
- Edu RamosSpanish footballerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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