Given name & surname
Edmund
“a wealthy protector”
Edmund has a related form in Edmond. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edmund has a related form in Edmond. One English interpretation is “a wealthy protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old English.
How it developed
Its Old English formation brings together éad (“prosperity, riches, fortune”) and mund (“protector”).
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
Edmund through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52,143
- 52,083 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 1,145 babies
- 2025
- 199
- #1,082 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 199 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,082 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,145 in 1923. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,553 as a first name in 2020; 1,021 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.
Edmund’s family of names
In English usage, Edmund has a nickname in Ted. Edmund shares a linguistic root with Edmond. In Polish usage, Edmund has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Edmundo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edmund has relatives in 23 languages. Lines run from its Old English roots to each of them.
25 related names in 23 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Edmund
- Edmund HillaryNew Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
- Edmund BurkeAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
- Edmund HusserlGerman philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938)
- Edmund SpenserEnglish poet (c. 1552 – 1599)
- Edmund IKing of England (r. 939–946)920–946
- Edmund IronsideKing of the English, Wessex dynasty980–1016
- Edmund BartonAustralian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)
- Edmund PhelpsAmerican economist1933–2026
- Edmund KeanEnglish actor (1787–1833)
Characters named Edmund: Edmund Pevensie (fictional English boy, a lead character in the first three Narnia books), Edmund Blackadder (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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