Edu
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/eðu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Shortened form of Eduárd.
- CLChile≈1 in 8.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- PEPeru≈1 in 16K
- ESSpain1 in 291K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Edu itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 125 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.3K (inferred from the name graph)
30,006 named Ed, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Chile, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
Shortened form of Eduárd.
Sources 1
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edu 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 30,006as Ed | 1 in 11K | 30K | Edu | 125 |
| BR Brazil | — | 12,101as Edi | 1 in 17K | 15K | Edu | 110 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Edu | 21 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 8.3K | 3 | Edu | 36 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Edu | 60 |
| HR Croatia | — | 1,561as Edi | 1 in 2.7K | 1.6K | — | — |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈990 est. | ≈1 in 10K | listed | Edu | 28 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 598as Edi | 1 in 3.5K | 598 | — | — |
| AL Albania | — | 537as Edi | 1 in 5.7K | 523 | — | — |
| ES Spain | #534 | 172 | 1 in 291K | 412 | Edu | 124 |
30,006 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling ed. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Edu is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, initialism of Eidgenössisch-Demokratische Union (“Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Kurdish, alternative form of edû (“enemy; rival”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In sc, young goat, baby goat
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, success
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In szy, mouse
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In nup, taxes
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Gilberto Cabanillas Barrantesb. 1944PEnot in their usual namePeruvian politician
- Edu Kismanb. 1954NLDutch painter (born 1954)
- Edu LuppaBRBrazilian singer
- Edu TaipePEPeruvian engineer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 2.6K | #5,000 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 2.6K | #1,964 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 2.6K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.5K | #4,334 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 2.4K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 1.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 1.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 855 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 567 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 553 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 371 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Edu mean, and where does it come from?
- Shortened form of Eduárd. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- What are other forms of the name Edu?
- In the etymology graph, Edward, Eddie and Ted are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Eduardo.
- How do you pronounce Edu?
- A machine transcription gives /eðu/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Edu a male or female name?
- Edu 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 Edu have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 30 thousand people named Ed, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Edu?
- In Spain, the national register counted 172 people named Edu, about 1 in 291 thousand residents.
- How common is Edu compared with other names?
- In Spain, Edu is the 534th most common given name of 135,644 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Edu?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eduThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Edu” — the 534th most common given name in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.