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Boy · English pet form of Old English names
Eddie
Say it: ED-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Edward, Edwin or Edmund, all with Old English ead 'wealth, fortune'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a full name in the US since the 1880s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1940s
In the United States
- 226,119 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1944, about 1 in 411 boys
- 344 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Eddie Murphy, American comedian
Names worth a look
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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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.