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Edmund

ED-mund

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Wealthy protector; from Old English 'ead' (wealth) and 'mund' (protection).”

Popularity Over Time

Edmund US popularity rank over timeRank 1643 in 2010 to rank 130 in 1914. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#130#887#16431900192019401960198020002024

Edmund is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Old English

Syllables

2

Nicknames

EdEddieNed

Style

ClassicStrongLiteraryVintage

Famous Bearers

  • Edmund Hillary (mountaineer)
  • Edmund (King Lear)
  • Edmund Burke

Collections

Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Old Money Names → Preppy & Surname Names → Two Syllables →

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Thaddeus

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Thaddeus

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Cormac

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Alistair

Greek Beautiful But Not Top 100

Peregrine

Latin Rare & Uncommon

Rafferty

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Edmundo in Spanish/Portuguese; Edmondo in Italian.

People Also Ask

Wealthy protector; from Old English 'ead' (wealth) and 'mund' (protection).

Edmund is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Edmund include Ed, Eddie, Ned.

Names that pair beautifully with Edmund include Thaddeus, Cormac, Alistair, Peregrine, Rafferty.