Waldo (given name)

Waldo is a masculine given name. It derives from the Anglo-Saxon name Waltheof. It may refer to:

People

Waldo of Reichenau (740–814), Carolingian abbot and bishop
Waldo Colburn (1824–1885), American politician
Waldo Díaz-Balart (1931–2025), Cuban-born painter and sculptor
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American writer and philosopher
Waldo A. Evans (1869–1936), American naval captain and military governor
Waldo Frank (1889–1967), American novelist, historian, and critic
Waldo Grant (1946–2023), American serial killer
Waldo E. Harder (1918–1976), president of Grace University
M. Waldo Hatler (1894–1967), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
Waldo Hutchins (1822–1891), U.S. Congressman
Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), U.S. senator and Confederate congressman
Waldo Kantor (born 1960), Argentine volleyball player
Waldo K. Lyon (1914–1998), U.S. Navy physicist
Waldo Machado (1934–2019), Brazilian former footballer
Waldo McBurney (1902–2009), credited as "America's Oldest Worker"
Waldo Ponce, Chilean football player
Waldo de los Ríos (1934–1977), Argentine composer and conductor
Waldo Salt (1914–1987), American screenwriter
Waldo E. Sexton (1885–1967), American businessman
Waldo Williams (1904–1971), Welsh language poet

Waldo, the North American market name of the central character in the Where's Wally? children's book series and television show
Waldo, one of the Our Gang characters
Waldo, in the 1980 animated series Hoppity Hooper
Waldo, a supporting character in the AMC series Into the Badlands
"Waldo", nickname of the tourist guy in a 9/11 attack hoax photograph
Waldo Faldo, a character from the television series Family Matters
Waldo Farthingwaite-Jones, title character of "Waldo" (short story) by Robert A. Heinlein
Waldo Jeffers, protagonist of The Velvet Underground song "The Gift"
Waldo Jones, disabled inventor in Robert A. Heinlein's 1942 short story "Waldo"
Waldo Kitty, a feline parody of Walter Mitty, from the animated series The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty
Waldo Magoo, the nephew of Quincy Magoo, from the Mr. Magoo franchise
Waldo C. Graphic, a character from the theme park attraction Muppet*Vision 3D
Waldo Pepper, title character of the film The Great Waldo Pepper
Waldo Franz Schaeffer (more commonly known as Franz Hopper), a minor supporting character from the French animated television series Code Lyoko and its cancelled 2013 live-action/CGI show Code Lyoko: Evolution
Uncle Waldo, the drunken gander from the 1970 Disney animated film The Aristocats
Waldo, a Reptool in the television series Dinotrux
Waldo Emerson Bell is the central character in K. M. Alexander's Bell Forging Cycle.