Given name & surname
Edi
Edi is a masculine given name from Javanese. It is used in Indonesian and Albanian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 408
- 379 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #9,140 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,140 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,412 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Edi
- Edi RamaPrime Minister of Albania since 2013 (born 1964)
- Edi GathegiKenyan-American actorborn 1979
- AndradinaBrazilian association football playerborn 1974
- Edi ZieglerGerman cyclist (1930–2020)
- Edi RadaAustrian figure skater (1922–1997)
- Edi OrioliItalian motorcycle racerborn 1962
- Edi ShukriuKosovar political figure1950–2023
- Edi AngelilloItalian actress (born 1961)
- Edi GotliebIsraeli association footballer, who also holds Russian passportborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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