Laido

surname · Latin script

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

/leɪdoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Laido is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. Recorded meaning: n. ‘affront, dishonour’.

rarermore common
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 58K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 795K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 1.1M

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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈270 people, est.

Sources
52 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 58K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

n. ‘affront, dishonour’

Sources 1

  • Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Laido 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 Laido is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈270 est.≈1 in 795K—Laido7
PH Philippines≈93 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Laido5
US United States≈41 est.≈1 in 8MlistedLaido52
ZA South Africa≈33 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Laido2
EE Estonia≈21 est.≈1 in 58K22—3
CH Switzerland81 in 1.1M8——
AT Austria≈6 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Laido6

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: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Laido is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Mexico, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Laidò

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Laidò

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, France

    Also written Laïdo

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Laidò

22 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)

Laido is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, filthy, foul

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Galician, very ugly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Spanish, ugly

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, n. ‘affront, dishonour’

    as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

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)

  • Avo Laidob. 1903EEEstonian military personnel (1903-1990)

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)

FormalDear Mr Laido,
InformalHi Laido,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Laido
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—22#4,922
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—19#5,947
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Laido mean, and where does it come from?
n. ‘affront, dishonour’ Recorded by Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft).
What are other forms of the name Laido?
In the etymology graph, Leid is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Laido?
A machine transcription gives /leɪdoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Laido have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 269 people named Laido in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled laido.
How common is the name Laido?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 8 people named Laido in 2024, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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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, “Laido”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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