Waldo is a boy's name of German origin meaning “power and thief.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Waldo belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “power and thief” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Waldo first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #347 in 1881, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 5,711 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Waldo means “power and thief” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Waldo is a boy name.
Waldo comes from the German and English & American tradition.
Waldo first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #347 in 1881, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
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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