Given name
Heraldo
“of the divine”
Heraldo is used as a given name. One Spanish interpretation is “of the divine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “of the divine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1929. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Heraldo 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
Heraldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 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 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 572 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.
Heraldo’s family of names
Heraldo has a related form in Harold.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Heraldo
- Heraldo BezerraBrazilian footballer (1946–1977)
- Heraldo MuñozChilean politicianborn 1948
- Heraldo WeissArgentine tennis player1917–1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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