Given name & surname
Edmond
“a wealthy protector”
Edmond is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edmond through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 24,900
- 24,893 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 433 babies
- 2025
- 75
- #2,011 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 75 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,011 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 433 in 1920. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,062 as a first name in 2020; 9,342 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.
Edmond’s family of names
In French usage, Edmond has a diminutive in Edmée. Edmond shares a linguistic root with Edmund. In French usage, Edmond has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Edmundo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edmond has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Edmundvariant · English, Slovene
- Edmundovariant · Spanish
- Edevariant
- Edmondovariant
- Edmonvariant
- Eddmondlikely variant
- Edméediminutive · French
- Eadmondevariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edmond
- Edmond HalleyEnglish astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
- Edmond RostandFrench poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
- Edmond de GoncourtFrench writer and critic (1822–1896)
- Edmond H. FischerAmerican biochemist (1920–2021)
- Edmond O'BrienAmerican actor (1915–1985)
- Edmond DebeaumarchéFrench Resistance member1906–1959
- Edmond François Valentin AboutFrench writer and critic (1828-1885)
- Edmond BecquerelFrench physicist (1820-1891)
- Edmond TapsobaBurkinabé association football playerborn 1999
Characters named Edmond: Edmond Dantès (The Count of Monte Cristo), E. Honda (Street Fighter character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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