boy's name
Edouard
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- Origin French
- Gender Boy
- Syllables 3
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 100 (France)
- Births on record 90,790
Canada
#59
2024 births
Edouard means wealthy guardian, and it is Old English wearing French dress — the cult of Edward the Confessor carried an Anglo-Saxon compound across Catholic Europe without any English speakers going with it. Its strongest market is France, at 279th.
- Edouard is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1910, when 1,485 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 3,023 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Edouard over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 13,925 |
| 1910s | 11,115 |
| 1920s | 11,890 |
| 1930s | 8,570 |
| 1940s | 4,990 |
| 1950s | 2,970 |
| 1960s | 2,555 |
| 1970s | 3,505 |
| 1980s | 6,310 |
| 1990s | 5,795 |
| 2000s | 3,610 |
| 2010s | 3,590 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,225 |
What Edouard means
Edouard means wealthy guardian, or guardian of prosperity. The Old English joins a word for riches to one meaning a guard, so both halves concern protecting property.
Where Edouard comes from
Edouard is the French form of Edward, from the Old English Eadweard — ead, wealth or prosperity, joined to weard, a guardian. The same ead begins Edgar, Edwin and Edith. Edward the Confessor was canonised in 1161 and became a saint of the universal Church rather than an English one, which is how a thoroughly Anglo-Saxon compound reached French, Spanish and Portuguese naming. Édouard Manet and Édouard Vuillard carry the French form.
Edouard in use
Edouard peaked in France in 1910, when 1,485 babies were registered, and our data marks it stable rather than falling. It charts in three of the seven markets we track — 59th in Canada, 279th in France on 370 births and 4244th in England and Wales — across 90,790 lifetime births. A 1910 peak with a current French rank of 279th means it has held its place for more than a century.
How popular is Edouard?
In 2025, Edouard was given to 195 babies in France, ranking #279 that year. It is one of the most popular names in France.
Where Edouard is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Edouard is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Édouard | Édouard is Edouard written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #298. | 1,460 |
Names that peaked alongside Edouard
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Edouard also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Edouard over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Edouard
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Edouard in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Edouard
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Edouard — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Edouard
What does the name Edouard mean?
Wealthy guardian — the Old English ead, wealth, joined to weard, a guard.
How did an English name reach French?
Through the cult of Edward the Confessor, canonised in 1161 as a saint of the universal Church.
Is Edouard related to Eduardo?
Yes — the French and Spanish forms of the same Old English compound.
How popular is Edouard?
279th in France, and our data marks it stable.
Is Edouard a girl's or a boy's name?
Edouard is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
How many syllables are in Edouard?
Edouard has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Edouard?
Edouard is usually shortened to Ed.
Is Edouard a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Edouard currently ranks #59 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.