Duarte
PopularA boy's name meaning guardian of wealth.
Approved in Portugal. Duarte is on the official IRN list of names you can register. In the national top 10 of 2025.
Origin
Portuguese form of Edward, via apheresis from the earlier Eduarte; it goes back to Old English Ēadweard, formed from ead (wealth, prosperity) and weard (guardian), via Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz.
Story
It was the name of a 15th-century king of Portugal, D. Duarte, named after his maternal ancestor, the English king Edward III. It is considered a doublet of Eduardo in Portuguese, with Duarte being the form traditionally used as a given name, and Eduardo the one more associated with the modern borrowing from English.
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Get startedSources & references
- List of admitted given names · IRN · irn.justica.gov.pt (approved-name list & birth statistics)
- Behind the Name · Duarte
- Wiktionary · Duarte