Given name & surname
Edd
“wealth, riches”·“ward, guard”
Edd is a masculine given name.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edd is a form of Edward. Edward is built from elements meaning “wealth, riches” and “ward, guard”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Edd is a form of Edward. Edward comes from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Edd is a short form of Ed.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edd through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,451
- 5,438 boys · 13 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 169 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 163 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,283 as a first name in 2020; 303 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edd’s family of names
In English usage, Edd is a short form of Ed. Edd has a related form in Ed.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Edd
- Edd ChinaBritish motor specialistborn 1971
- Edd RoushAmerican baseball player and coach (1893-1988)
- Edd GouldBritish animator (1988-2012)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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