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Boy · Old English, through French
Edmond
Say it: ed-MOHN
Meaning
From Old English ead 'wealth' and mund 'protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
An English saint's name, common in 19th-century France and revived today.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 24,559 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 2,000 boys
- 61 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Edmund |
|---|---|
| Italian | Edmondo |
Famous bearers
- Edmond Rostand, playwright
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.