Udo (first name)
Udo is a male name .
Origin and meaning of the name
Minor form of Odo
Short form of personal names that begin with "Udal-" or "Ul-", e.g. B. Ulrich. Old High German often "possession, inheritance". Originally only a short form of names beginning with Ot, later the prefix often became independent. “Uodal”, the down-to-earth, homely person, has something to do with Ulrich or Otto .
Name bearer
Historic time
- Udo I of Thuringia (* 1090; † 1148), from 1125 Bishop of Naumburg
- Udo I. von der Wetterau (* around 900, † 949), from the Konradin family, was Count of Wetterau and Duke in Alsace
- Udo II von Veldenz († 1186), from 1161 to 1186 Bishop of Naumburg
- Udo IV of Strasbourg , from 950 to 965 Bishop of Strasbourg
- Udo von Gleichen-Reinhausen (* around 1045; † 1114), from 1079 to 1114 Bishop of Hildesheim and Count of Reinhausen
- Udo von Nellenburg († 1078), Archbishop of Trier (1066-1078)
People of the modern age
stage name
- Udo (* 1976), Flemish singer, see Udo Mechels
First name
- Udo Arnold (* 1940), German historian and university professor
- Udo Bölts (* 1966), German racing cyclist
- Udo Di Fabio (* 1954), German lawyer, judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
- Udo Dirkschneider (* 1952), German singer
- Udo Folgart (* 1956), German farmer and politician (SPD)
- Udo Hempel (* 1946), German racing cyclist
- Udo Jürgens (1934–2014), Austrian singer and composer
- Udo van Kampen (* 1949), German journalist
- Udo Kier (* 1944), German actor
- Udo Kießling (* 1955), German ice hockey player
- Udo Kittelmann (* 1958), German curator, director of the National Gallery Berlin
- Udo Kroschwald (* 1955), German actor
- Udo Landbauer (* 1986), Austrian politician (FPÖ)
- Udo Lattek (1935–2015), German soccer player and coach
- Udo Lielischkies (* 1953), German journalist and television presenter
- Udo Lindenberg (* 1946), German musician
- Udo Pastörs (* 1952), German politician (NPD)
- Udo Pollmer (* 1954), German food chemist and non-fiction author
- Udo Proksch (1934–2001), Austrian entrepreneur
- Udo Raschewski , Magic Udo , German comedian, magician and actor
- Udo Röbel (* 1950), German journalist and author
- Udo Schaefer (1926–2019), German lawyer and Baha'i theologian
- Udo Schenk (* 1953), German actor and voice actor
- Udo Siebenhandl (* 1987), Austrian soccer player
- Udo Steiner (* 1939), German lawyer
- Udo Thomer (1945–2006), German folk actor
- Udo Ulfkotte (1960–2017), German journalist and publicist
- Udo Undeutsch (1917–2013), German psychologist
- Udo Vioff (1932–2018), German actor
- Udo Voigt (* 1952), German politician (NPD)
- Udo Wachtveitl (* 1958), German actor
- Udo Walz (* 1944), German hairdresser
Name variants
Web links
Wiktionary: Udo - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
