Meaning of the nameEduardo

Eduardo is a male name that comes from Old English Ēadweard, from ead ('wealth, fortune') and weard ('guard'), and which Behind the Name translates as 'rich guard'.

Meaning

“rich guard”

Source: Behind the Name: Edward

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People (2022): 658,697
Rank in Brazil: #23
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 632,664; people

Eduardo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Eduardo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (165,499 people).

3,896 women 654,801 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Eduardo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Eduardo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	170,601	0.384%
Minas Gerais	62,591	0.305%
Rio Grande do Sul	52,622	0.484%
Rio de Janeiro	52,374	0.326%
Paraná	48,954	0.428%
Santa Catarina	34,570	0.454%
Bahia	33,281	0.235%
Pernambuco	26,500	0.293%
Goiás	23,426	0.332%
Pará	21,115	0.260%
Maranhão	14,173	0.209%
Ceará	13,467	0.153%
Mato Grosso	11,972	0.327%
Espírito Santo	11,798	0.308%
Distrito Federal	11,405	0.405%
Amazonas	10,014	0.254%
Paraíba	9,758	0.246%
Mato Grosso do Sul	9,551	0.346%
Alagoas	8,323	0.266%
Rio Grande do Norte	6,171	0.187%
Piauí	5,847	0.179%
Rondônia	5,225	0.330%
Sergipe	4,708	0.213%
Tocantins	4,214	0.279%
Amapá	2,115	0.288%
Acre	1,989	0.240%
Roraima	1,933	0.304%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Eduardo

Wiktionary traces Eduardo to Old English Ēadweard, of Germanic root, and records Duarte as a divergent form of the same origin. Behind the Name presents it as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Edward, from ead, 'wealth, fortune', and weard, 'guard'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 658,697 people named Eduardo, the largest group born in the 2000s. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Wiktionary: Eduardo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Edward · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Eduardo · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Eduardo

What does the name Eduardo mean?

Eduardo means “rich guard”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Eduardo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 658,697 people with the first name Eduardo, which ranks it number 23 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Eduardo a boy's or a girl's name?

Eduardo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 3,896 women and 654,801 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Eduardo?

Eduardo is a name of English and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Eduardo most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.484% of the state's population is named Eduardo (52,622 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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