Given name & surname · also German
Udo
“one who is prosperous”·“one who is peaceful”
Udo is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is prosperous” and “one who is peaceful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original GermanOtto
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is prosperous” and “one who is peaceful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with German and African naming traditions.
The story
In German use, Udo has a related form in Otto. The history of Otto gives this family its wider story. Otto has historical associations with German royal and princely families.
Explained through its name family
Udo’s family of names
Udo has a feminine form in Ute. In German usage, Udo has a related form in Otto. In German usage, Udo has a related form in Odo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Otoequivalent
- Othonequivalent
- Utefeminine form
- Oddoequivalent
- Ottóequivalent
- Otonequivalent
- Odónequivalent
- Όθωνequivalent
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People named Udo
- Udo KierGerman actor (1944–2025)
- Udo LattekGerman football player and coach (1935–2015)
- Udo VoigtGerman politician1952–2025
- Udo LindenbergGerman rock musician and composerborn 1946
- Udo DirkschneiderGerman heavy metal singerborn 1952
- Udo BeyerEast German athleteborn 1955
- Udo Quellmalzjudokaborn 1967
- Udo Kießlingice hockey playerborn 1955
- Udo WagnerEast German fencerborn 1963
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