Fun Facts About the Name Uvaldo
- 633 babies named Uvaldo: U.S. records list 633 babies given the name Uvaldo from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Uvaldo Mean?
Uvaldo is a rare masculine name, most often treated as a variant of Ubaldo, the Spanish and Italian form of the Germanic name Hugbald. That name joins two Old Germanic elements: hug, meaning "mind," "heart," or "spirit," and bald, meaning "bold" or "brave." Read literally, it comes out as something like "bold in spirit," which is also rendered more freely as "brave heart." The reason Uvaldo and Ubaldo are linked is orthographic rather than accidental: Spanish gives b and v the same sound, so the two spellings are interchangeable in speech. A second, weaker possibility is that some uses of Uvaldo reflect the Spanish and Portuguese name Osvaldo, from the Germanic Osweald ("god" plus "ruler"), but the vowel at the start and the loss of the s make that path less clear.
Uvaldo Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the broad stock of Germanic two-element names that entered the Iberian Peninsula with the Visigoths and were absorbed into Spanish and Portuguese over the medieval period. Its likely parent, Hugbald, is recorded in medieval Latin in forms such as Hugibaldus, which was shortened in ordinary use to Ubaldus; from that came Italian and Spanish Ubaldo. The spelling Uvaldo is best understood as an offshoot of that same name, written with v instead of b because the two letters stand for one sound in Spanish. The name is found in Spain, parts of Latin America, and among Spanish-speaking families in the United States, and a comparable form appears in Portuguese usage. It has no well-known literary or religious figure attached to its own spelling; the nearest such figure belongs to the parent name, Saint Ubaldus, a twelfth-century bishop of Gubbio in Italy. Because the name is uncommon, the exact route by which Uvaldo arose - as a regional spelling of Ubaldo or as an altered form of Osvaldo - is not firmly settled.
How Popular is the Name Uvaldo?
Uvaldo has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2003. Its best rank was #2,263 in 1946.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | #12,036 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #13,980 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #14,114 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,070 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,005 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #9,653 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #9,623 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #14,369 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #12,453 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #10,842 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #7,962 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #9,048 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #11,268 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #4,802 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #7,008 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #5,989 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #6,805 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #5,825 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #7,248 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #4,176 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #5,104 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #6,336 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #4,437 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1992 | #5,631 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #4,212 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #4,390 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #6,891 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #5,187 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #6,059 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #7,767 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #3,389 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1984 | #7,289 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,481 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,949 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #4,485 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #4,477 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #4,825 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #4,146 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #6,815 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #3,071 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #3,549 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #5,062 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #3,943 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #4,886 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #5,397 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1969 | #3,925 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #3,949 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #4,504 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #2,535 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #3,306 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,617 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #4,039 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #3,646 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #2,650 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #3,020 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #4,518 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #3,200 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #3,485 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #3,344 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #3,657 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #3,665 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #2,263 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #2,459 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1942 | #4,013 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,479 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #3,440 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1939 | #3,466 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #4,001 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #2,443 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #3,239 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1932 | #3,752 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #2,597 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1929 | #2,963 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1927 | #3,135 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #4,928 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #3,791 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1919 | #4,764 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Uvaldo Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have talent, charm and luck. You can succeed in art and in any educational occupation. You attract peculiar experiences. Your power and protection lies in spiritual side of life. You are an enthusiastic collector and you will be tenacious in holding onto the things you accumulate. You have a good memory and should make an effort to have a positive attitude. Emergencies may raise your intuitive abilities in order to resolve conflict or situation. You become very creative under the pressure, and have quite original ideas to make the best out of it.
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