Given name & surname
Edon
“one who is full of fire”·“place of pleasure”
Edon is a variant of Edan. One Celtic interpretation is “one who is full of fire.” Edon 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
Edon is a variant of Edan. One Celtic interpretation is “one who is full of fire.” Edon 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
Edon is a variant of Edan. An origin associated with Edan is Celtic. Edon 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
Edon 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.
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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. Edon 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
Edon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224
- 224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,558 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,558 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 269 as a first name in 2020; 111 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.
Edon’s family of names
Edon has a related form in Eden. Edon has a related form in Edan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Edon
- Edon ZhegrovaKosovar association football playerborn 1999
- Edon MaxhuniFinnish basketball player (born 1998)
- Edon HasaniAlbanian footballerborn 1992
- EdinhoBrazilian football player/managerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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