Given name

Edw

Edw is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Edw isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Edw through the years

Babies since 1880
6
6 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1889
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02040601900192019401960198020002025Highest share 18890.0
Edw in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1889–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1889. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Edw, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Ebb

“having the strength of the tide”

0Not recently recorded

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Pembroke

“from the broken hill” · “from the headland”

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Bengiman

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Chinese · Royal

Wong

“king”

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>99% boys

 

Sank

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>99% boys

 

Kid

“resembling a young goat”

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>99% boys

 

Profit

Profit is a surname.

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>99% boys

 

Whitelaw

“from the white hill”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Edw’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Edw

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