Given name & surname
Eduardo
“a wealthy protector”
Eduardo is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eduardo is a variant of Edward. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eduardo is a variant of Edward. An origin associated with Edward is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Spanish use, Eduardo is used as a form of Edward.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eduardo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 110,690
- 110,257 boys · 433 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 3,435 babies
- 2025
- 778
- #410 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 778 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 410 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 3,418 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (223). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 152,636 as a first name in 2020; 905 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.
Eduardo’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Eduardo has a diminutive in DU. Eduardo developed from Edward. In Portuguese usage, Eduardo has a conventional equivalent in the Estonian form Eduard.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Eduardo has relatives in 38 languages.
37 related names in 38 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Edwardvariant · Italian, Polish
- Lalodiminutive · Spanish
- Edoardovariant · Italian
- Edudiminutive · Portuguese
- Dudiminutive · Portuguese
- Bananinhanickname
- Edduardolikely variant
- Dudadiminutive · Portuguese
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Eddieequivalent
- Eddyequivalent
- EduardGerman, Estonian
- EdvardSwedish, Norwegian Bokmål
- Duartedoublet · Spanish, Portuguese
- Edequivalent
- Eduardafeminine form
- Eduarteequivalent
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- Odoardoequivalent
- Eduardeequivalent
- Edualdoequivalent
- Iorwerthequivalent
- ΕδουάρδοςGreek
- ÉdouardFrench
- Eideequivalent
- Eduartequivalent
- ЕдуардUkrainian
- ЭдуардRussian
- EdardManx
- DwarduMaltese
- EduardasLithuanian
- EduardsLatvian
- EdvardusLatin
- EduardusLatin
- エドワードJapanese
- EðvarðIcelandic
- ÉadbhardIrish
- ĒadƿeardOld English
- EdvárdHungarian
- אדוארדHebrew
- ედუარდGeorgian
- EideardScottish Gaelic
- 에드워드Korean
- 愛德華Chinese
- ԷդվարդArmenian
- إدواردArabic
- ÉamannIrish
- EetuFinnish
- ܐܕܘܪܕAramaic
- Eadweardroot · Old English
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Eduardo
- Eduardo GaleanoUruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)
- Eduardo CamavingaFrench footballer (born 2002)
- Eduardo RiedelBrazilian politicianborn 1969
- EduardoCroatian footballerborn 1983
- Eduardo DuhaldePresident of Argentina from 2002 to 2003born 1941
- Eduardo VargasChilean association football player (born 1989)
- Eduardo CarvalhoPortuguese association football playerborn 1982
- TostãoBrazilian association footballer (born 1947)
- Eduardo SaverinBrazilian entrepreneur and investor, co-founder of Facebookborn 1982
Characters named Eduardo: Lalo Salamanca (Better Call Saul).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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