Given name & surname
Edom
“red”·“a red-haired man”
Edom is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “red” (Hebrew) and “a red-haired man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewאדום
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “red” (Hebrew) and “a red-haired man” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From Koine Greek Ἐδώμ, from Biblical Hebrew אֱדוֹם (ʾĔḏōm).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Edom appears in Genesis 25:30, Genesis 36:31, 1 Samuel 14:47 and 6 other passages.
- Genesis 25:30
- Genesis 36:31
- 1 Samuel 14:47
- 2 Samuel 8:14
- 2 Kings 8:20
- Deuteronomy 23:8
- 1 Samuel 21:8
- 1 Kings 11:14
- Mark 3:8
From biblical name research
Edom through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 79
- 0 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020; 129 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.
Edom’s family of names
Edom has a related form in Adam. Edom has a related form in Edem. In Scots usage, Edom has a related form in AIDAM.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Damascusshares a root
- Dumahshares a root
- Adminshares a root
- Madmannahshares a root
- Ephes-dammimshares a root
- Akeldamashares a root
- Adamahshares a root
- Ēsāusalso known as · Latin
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