Eduardo

What Eduardo means

Spanish, meaning “wealth, riches + guardian, watchman”

Of Germanic origin, from Old English Eadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *warþō (“guardian, watchman”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Eduardo” (revision 94530196), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Eduardo?

US: Falling: down from #251 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1442 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2001, when 3,418 boys got the name (#112 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 2,195 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 22,661 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (1.42 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.38 per 1,000 boys), AZ (1.31 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Eduardo is #410 in the US and #2014 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Eduardo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Eduardo

Boys

• Jesus#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2004, with 6,472 babies; 2,078 in 2025
• Juan#159Spanish, meaning “Yahweh is gracious”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Luis#144Same root as Louis, meaning “loud; famous + battle”^*
• Jorge#322Same root as George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*
• Ricardo#380Same root as Richard, meaning “king, ruler + hard, brave”^*

For a sister

• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Carmen#389Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1960, with 2,440 babies; 798 in 2025
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Eduardo’s. Rank is US 2025.