Bardo
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About Bardo
Bardo has a poetic beginning and upbeat ending, with roots in several diverse cultures. It may be most familiar today via George Saunders' novel Lincoln in the Bardo, which refers to the Tibetan Buddhist state of suspension between one life and the next, resembling the Christian idea of Limbo. Bardo is also an ancient saint's name: Saint Bardo was the eleventh century bishop of Mainz, in Germany. Actress Sandra Bullock chose Bardo as her son's middle.
Pronounced BAR-doh.
As of October 2026, Bardo ranked #11073 in US births in 2007 SSA, peaked at #4473 in 1976.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Bardo on lists
Famous Bardos
- Louis Bardo Bullock
son of American actress Sandra Bullock
Bardo in pop culture
- Bardo de' Bardi
character in "Romola" (1863) by George Eliot
- Bardo Thodol
original title of the Tibetan Book of the Dead
- Bardo Pond
American rock band
- Bardo
British pop duo
- Originally a medieval short form of various Germanic compound names beginning with Bard
(perhaps from barta "axe"), e.g., Bardolf, Bardrick