Given name & surname
Edmar
“of the wealthy sea”
Edmar is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “of the wealthy sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the wealthy sea.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edmar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 174 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,975 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,975 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 534 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.
Edmar’s family of names
Edmar has a related form in Eadmar. Edmar has a related form in Eadmarr. Edmar has a related form in Eddmar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Edmar
- EdmarBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1960
- EdmarUkrainian footballer with Brasilian descentborn 1980
- Edmar CastañedaColombian musicianborn 1978
- EdmarBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1982
- Edmar FigueiraBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1984
- EdmarBrazilian footballer1941–2025
- Edmar PeronRoman Catholic bishopborn 1965
- Edmar BachaBrazilian economistborn 1942
- Edmar José da SilvaBrazilian Catholic clergymanborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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