Given name & surname · also Arabic
Ido
“a mighty man”·“to evaporate”
Ido is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a mighty man” and “to evaporate”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a mighty man” and “to evaporate”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Arabic and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ido through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 164
- 164 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #6,949 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,949 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 521 as a first name in 2020; 132 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.
Ido’s family of names
Ido has a related form in Iddo. Ido has a related form in Iddoh. Ido has a related form in Idoh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ido
- Ido LevyIsraeli footballerborn 1990
- Ido CattaneoSwiss alpine skier (1905-2000)
- Ido CohenIsraeli racing driverborn 2001
- Ido ShaharIsraeli association footballerborn 2001
- Ido MosseriIsraeli actorborn 1978
- Ido TakoIsraeli actor of Polish-Iraqi descentborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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