NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Most used in the 1940s
In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1948 per 100,000 babies of that sex 13,836 babies given this name since 1884 At its height in 1946, about 1 in 8,200 boys 106 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Edward Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and weard 'guardian'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1880 Edna Girl From the Book of Tobit, apparently Hebrew 'pleasure'; in Ireland also used for Eithne. Victorian · peak 1899 · forgotten Edith Girl From Old English Eadgyth, from ead 'wealth, prosperity' and guth 'battle'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1895 Edwin Boy From Old English Eadwine, ead 'riches, fortune' and wine 'friend'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1915 Eddie Boy A pet form of Edward, Edwin or Edmund, all with Old English ead 'wealth, fortune'. Victorian · peak 1944 Edgar Boy From Old English Eadgar, ead 'riches, fortune' and gar 'spear'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1881 Eduardo Boy The Spanish and Portuguese form of Edward, from Old English ēad 'wealth' and weard 'guardian'. Renaissance · peak 2001 Edmund Boy From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and mund 'protection'. Viking & Saxon · peak 1914 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source 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.