Boy · Old English
Edmund
Say it: ED-mund
Meaning
From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and mund 'protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Survived the Conquest through the cult of Saint Edmund the Martyr.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 51,233 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1914, about 1 in 827 boys
- 122 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Edmond, Eadmund
| Old English | Eadmund |
|---|---|
| French | Edmond |
| Italian | Edmondo |
Famous bearers
- Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster
- Edmund Tudor, father of Henry VII
- Edmund Spenser, poet
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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