Strong power or brave strength
Derived from the Germanic elements 'maht' (might/power) and 'hard' (brave/hardy). It was popularized by Saint Medard, a 6th-century French bishop who is the patron saint of weather and protection against rain.
Less common today
Medardo isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,231 in 1998.
6th-century Bishop of Noyon and French saint
Influential Italian post-Impressionist sculptor
Honduran journalist and activist
Renowned Ecuadorian poet of the 'Generacion Decapitada'
The protagonist of Italo Calvino's novel The Cloven Viscount · The Cloven Viscount
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
