Given name & surname
Ede
“a wealthy protector”·“a man from Hadria”
Ede is a variant of Edmond. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.” Ede is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ede is a variant of Edmond. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.” Ede is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.” Ede is a variant of Edrian. One Latin interpretation is “a man from Hadria.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ede is a variant of Edmond. An origin associated with Edmond is English. Ede is a variant of Edith. An origin associated with Edith is Old English. Ede is a variant of Edrian. An origin associated with Edrian is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ede through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 8 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 girls is 5 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 239 as a first name in 2020; 848 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.
Ede’s family of names
Ede has a related form in Edith. Ede has a related form in Edmond. Ede has a related form in Edrian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ede
- Ede KirályHungarian figure skater (1926–2009)
- Ede ReményiHungarian violinist and composer (1828–1898)
- Ede SzigligetiHungarian writer (1814–1878)
- Ede Dunaifootball playerborn 1949
- Ede Poldini(1869-1957) composer
- Ede ZathureczkyHungarian violinist (1903-1959)
- Ede StaalDutch singer-songwriter (1941-1986)
- Ede KallósHungarian sculptor (1866–1950)
- Ede MagyarHungarian architect (1877–1912)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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“resembling the cherry”
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