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Boy · English short form
Edd
Say it: ED
Meaning
A short form of Edward, Edwin or Edmund, all with Old English ead 'wealth, fortune'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in the American South around 1880 to 1920.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 5,450 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1882, about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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