Given name & surname
Valdo
“the commander of the army”
Valdo has a related form in Valter. In Swedish use, Valter carries the interpretation “the commander of the army.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Valdo has a related form in Valter. In Swedish use, Valter carries the interpretation “the commander of the army.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Valdo is a form of Voldemar. Voldemar comes from German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Valdo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 33 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 7 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 227 as a first name in 2020; 159 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.
Valdo’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Valdo has a diminutive in VALDEKO. In Estonian usage, Valdo has a related form in Valter. In Estonian usage, Valdo has a related form in VOLDEMAR.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Valdo
- ValdoBrazilian association football playerborn 1964
- ValdoCape Verdean association football playerborn 1981
- Valdo SpiniItalian politician (born 1946)
- Valdo RandpereEstonian singer, entrepreneur and politician (born 1958)
- Valdo PantEstonian journalist (1928-1976)
- ValdoBrazilian footballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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