Given name & surname
Eduard
“a wealthy protector”
Eduard is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eduard is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eduard is a variant of Edward. An origin associated with Edward is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech use, Eduard is used as a form of Edward.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eduard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,885
- 1,885 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,147 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,147 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,516 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.
Eduard’s family of names
In Czech usage, Eduard has a diminutive in Eda. Eduard developed from Edward. In Estonian usage, Eduard has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Eduardo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eduard has relatives in 28 languages.
35 related names in 28 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Edwardvariant · Polish, English
- Edadiminutive · Czech
- Eddidiminutive · German
- Edudiminutive · Catalan
- Edduardlikely variant
- Eedudiminutive · Estonian
- Dududiminutive · Catalan
- Eedodiminutive · Estonian
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 32
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- EduardoPortuguese, Spanish
- Eddyequivalent
- EdoardoItalian
- Edvardalso known as · Swedish, Czech
- Edequivalent
- Edeequivalent
- Duarteequivalent
- Эдвардequivalent
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- Eetuequivalent
- Iorwerthequivalent
- ΕδουάρδοςGreek
- Édouardsource · French
- Eideequivalent
- Eduardasequivalent
- EduárdHungarian
- EdvárdHungarian
- EideardScottish Gaelic
- EdvartNorwegian
- EdevartNorwegian
- EduardsLatvian
- EdwardusLatin
- EdvardusLatin
- EduardusLatin
- OdoardoItalian
- EðvarðIcelandic
- EadbhárdIrish
- ʻEkewakaHawaiian
- EetvarttiFinnish
- EervarttiFinnish
- EdwardtDanish
- EdvardtDanish
- EdortaBasque
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eduard
- Eduard ShevardnadzeSoviet and Georgian politician and diplomat, Soviet foreign minister and second President of Georgia (1995–2003)1928–2014
- Eduard BuchnerGerman chemist (1907 Nobel Prize)1860–1917
- Eduard BernsteinGerman politician and theorist (1850–1932)
- MultatuliDutch author (1820-1887)
- Edward ThorndikeAmerican psychologist1874–1949
- Eduard MörikeGerman poet (1804–1875)
- Eduard UspenskyRussian writer (1937–2018)
- Eduard LimonovRussian writer (1943-2020)
- Eduard KokoityPresident of South Ossetiaborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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