Bardo as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bardo

What is the meaning of the name Bardo ?

The baby name Bardo is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAR-doh (IPA: /ˈbɑr.doʊ/ or /ˈbɑːr.do/).

Bardo is Germanic in Origin.

Bardo is a Germanic given name, formed from the Old High German element bard/bart meaning "axe" or "beard," and long used as a short form of compound names ending in -bard/-bardo among the Lombards and Franks (e.g., Liutbardo > Spanish Leobardo, Italian Lombardo). It is recorded in the Middle Ages in German lands, most prominently borne by Saint Bardo (d. 1051), Archbishop of Mainz, and later persists, though rare, in Italy and German-speaking regions.

Variants and related forms include Bard (English/Scandinavian), Bardolf/Bardolph (medieval compound), Leobardo and Libardo (Spanish), and Lombardo (Italian); surnames like Bardi and Bardon sometimes feed back into given-name use. In modern naming, some also associate Bardo with the Tibetan Buddhist term bar do "between state," an unrelated but evocative meaning that has encouraged contemporary adoption. Overall sense: "axe-wielder; bearded one," with a secondary poetic reading via Bard "poet."