Given name & surname
Edin
“place of pleasure”
Edin is a variant of Eden. The Hebrew place name is explained as “place of pleasure.” In the English surname tradition, the older personal name instead combines prosperity, riches or fortune with a bear cub. These meanings belong to different historical routes.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edin is a variant of Eden. The Hebrew place name is explained as “place of pleasure.” In the English surname tradition, the older personal name instead combines prosperity, riches or fortune with a bear cub. These meanings belong to different historical routes.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edin is a variant of Eden. One English route to Eden passes through a surname derived from medieval Edun or Edon. The biblical Garden of Eden supplies a separate Hebrew association that may have encouraged modern given-name use.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Edin is a variant of Eden. The shared background comes through Eden: The surname developed from Edun or Edon, formed with Old English éad and hūn. Given-name Eden can therefore reflect a surname returning to personal use, while also drawing on the quite separate Garden of Eden association.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Edin is a variant of Eden. The history of Eden gives this family its wider story. Eden’s English history includes a medieval given name becoming a surname and later being used as a given name again. Eden’s biblical place-name association probably helped that later use, although it should not erase the surname’s independent background.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Edin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,385
- 1,286 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 66 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,533 for boys · #15,547 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,533 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 57 in 2016. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,430 as a first name in 2020; 414 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Edin
- Edin DžekoBosnian association football playerborn 1986
- Edin MujčinBosnian association football playerborn 1970
- Edin TerzićGerman-Croatian football managerborn 1982
- Edin VišćaBosnian association football playerborn 1990
- Edin CocalićBosnia-Herzegovinian footballer (born 1987)
- Edo MaajkaBosnian rapperborn 1978
- Edin BavčićBosnian basketball playerborn 1984
- Edin BahtićYugoslav footballer (born 1956)
- Edin JunuzovićCroatian footballerborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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