Eduard
Germanic at root, built from parts meaning "rich guardian". Meeting one in Poland is memorable, but the name has been climbing lately, given to more boys last year than in years past.
Eduard Pronunciation
Eduard is pronounced e-DOO-ahrt (/ɛˈduart/).
What Eduard means
Where Eduard comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Eduard reaches back to Old English, built from ead, meaning wealth or riches, and weard, a guard or keeper. Those two pieces settled into the sense we give in English as "rich guardian." The oldest famous bearer behind the modern name is Edward the Confessor, an eleventh-century English king later made a saint.
Its closest relative is Edward. That English variant carries the same two roots, and German speakers took the name in as Eduard, where it reads as fully German rather than borrowed.
In Poland the name belongs mostly to Edward, whose main imieniny falls on 13 October, the feast of Edward the Confessor. Open a school register on that day and an Edek may look up to a round of wishes. The Polish gloss keeps the old meaning close: strażnik dobrobytu, a guardian of well-being.
How many people are named Eduard
1 in 3465 men in Poland is named Eduard. 6,161 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #445 among male names.
Eduard's popularity over time
3 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1228 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023. Still the #445 name among living men, even as it slips to #1228 among newborns.
Where Eduard is most popular
Eduard is most popular in West Pomeranian, 2460% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Eduard as a middle name
Eduard is a first name for 6,161 men in Poland and a middle name for another 115, a 98/2 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 654th, between Amir (115) and Ismail (114).
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652
115Abdullah
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653
115Amir
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654115Eduard
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655
114Ismail
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656
114Pius