Given name & surname
Ubaldo
“strong helper”
Ubaldo is a surname. It is used in English and Spanish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ubaldo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,223
- 2,223 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,641 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,641 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 58 in 2003. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,953 as a first name in 2020; 1,007 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.
Ubaldo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Ubaldo has a diminutive in UBALDINO. In Italian usage, Ubaldo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hugbald. In Italian usage, Ubaldo has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form UBALD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ubaldo has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ubaldo
- Ubaldo FillolArgentine association football playerborn 1950
- Ubaldo RighettiItalian footballer (born 1963)
- UbaldItalian bishop-saint1084–1160
- Ubaldo Maria Del ColleItalian actor and film director (1883–1958)
- Ubaldo SodduItalian general (1883-1949)
- Ubaldo CalabresiCatholic bishop and nuncio1925–2004
- Ubaldo JiménezDominican Republic baseball playerborn 1984
- Ubaldo CrucheUruguayan footballer (1920-1988)
- Ubaldo Aquinofootball refereeborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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