Edu is a boy's name of Portuguese origin meaning “Niger River.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Edu belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “Niger River” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Edu first appears in Social Security records in 2002. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4649 in 2004, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 72 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Edu means “Niger River” in its Portuguese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Edu is a boy name.
Edu comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Edu first appears in US records in 2002. Its best-ever ranking was #4649 in 2004, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Edu is pronounced /è.dù/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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