Given name
Haroldo
“the ruler of an army”
Haroldo is a variant of Harold. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the ruler of an army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Haroldo is a variant of Harold. One Scandinavian interpretation is “the ruler of an army.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Haroldo is a variant of Harold. Harold has been associated with Old English and Old Norse naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Haroldo is a variant of Harold. The history of Harold gives this family its wider story. Harold experienced a revival in the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Haroldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 21 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 6 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 468 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.
Haroldo’s family of names
Haroldo has a related form in Harold. In Spanish usage, Haroldo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Harold.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Haroldo
- Haroldo ContiArgentine writer (1925–1976)
- HaroldoBrazilian association football player1896
- Haroldo LimaBrazilian politician1939–2021
- Haroldo de CamposBrazilian poet and artist, part of Noigandres (1929–2003)
- HaroldoBrazilian association football player (1931-2010)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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