Aldo

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Italian/Germanic short form, often from names with ald- 'old' or 'noble'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Aldo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 470(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 922
  • ITItaly≈1 in 1.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈53,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
351 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 470 (inferred from the name graph)

Paraguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AldoLatin(measured from records)
ΑλντοGreek(measured from records)
ალდოGeorgian(measured from records)
알도Hangul(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Italian/Germanic short form, often from names with ald- 'old' or 'noble'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aldo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Aldo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy#213≈53,000 est.≈1 in 1.2K78Aldo198
AR Argentina#267≈49,000 est.≈1 in 92233Aldo126
BR Brazil#60030,0251 in 7.1K35KAldo160
PE Peru#349≈21,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Aldo106
US United States—18,9321 in 18K19KAldo351
PY Paraguay#112≈15,000 est.≈1 in 470—Aldo53
AL Albania—1,6301 in 1.9K1.6K——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Aldo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Aldõ, Aldö, Ãldo, Áldó, Äldô

  • Indonesian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Aldo, Àldo, Äldo, Âldo, Åldo

  • Croatian given name19 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, Peru

    Languages: Croatian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Альдо, Алдо, Альда, Åldö

  • Albanian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

    Also written Âldo, Âldö, Ãldô, Aldô

  • Lao given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Italy, United States, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Aldö, Aldô, Àldó, Âldô

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Aldo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, do germânico alda; também redução de nomes como Bertaldo, Rinaldo e Aldobrando

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • In Italian, Nome germanico, forse da alt/uld "vecchio" oppure da aldio; in origine legato agli aldi, semiliberi longobardi.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Italian, Nome germanico, con valore di "anziano, esperto".

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In Romanian, In calendarul catolic, V. A 1 d e a, Alec, -a, -u v. Alexandru I 4. Aledar, -esti v. Iliodor 2. Alena v. Elena III 2. Alent v. Valentin I 3. Aleodor v. Ilio dor 2. Aleon v. Leon I 2. Aleonte v. L e o n t i e I 3. Alessiu v. Alexia I lb. Alestar, -i v. A r i s t a r h 4. Alevit v. Calivit 2. Alexia, -A v. Alexandru I 3 si Ale x i e I, 1 e. Alexanv.Alexandru I 3.

    as a nameDictionar Onomastic Rominesc

  • In French, Forme latine d’Aude; origine germanique, « ancien ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Aldo Manuzio, b. 1449Aldo Fabrizi, b. 1905Aldo Tonti, b. 1910Aldo Moro, b. 1916Aldo Giuffrè, b. 1924Aldo Ciccolini, b. 1925Aldo Ray, b. 1926Aldo Sambrell, b. 1931Aldo Rossi, b. 1931Aldo Maccione, b. 1935

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 90 sources across 45 countries.

Official registers attesting Aldo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—35K#987
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202230K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—30K#823
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202019K#1,656
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—1.6K#275
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025241—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020120—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—94#823
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)202478#213
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202039#1,656
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)202433#1,258
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19835—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Aldo mean, and where does it come from?
Italian/Germanic short form, often from names with ald- 'old' or 'noble'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
Is Aldo a male or female name?
Aldo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Aldo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 53 thousand people named Aldo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aldo.
How common is the name Aldo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 30,025 people named Aldo in 2022, about 1 in 7.1 thousand residents.
How common is Aldo compared with other names?
In Italy, Aldo is the 213th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aldo” — the 213th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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