Given name & surname · also Germanic
Egon
“of the sword's point”
Egon is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “of the sword's point.”
Original GermanEgino
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “of the sword's point.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
In German usage, Egon is a short form of Eckhard.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Egon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 148
- 148 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 9 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 boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 461 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Egon’s family of names
In German usage, Egon is a short form of Eckhard. In German usage, Egon shares a linguistic root with the Danish form Eigil. Egon has a related form in Egan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Egon has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Egon
- Egon SchieleAustrian painter (1890-1918)
- Egon KrenzGerman politician, communist leader of East Germanyborn 1937
- Egon FriedellAustrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist) and theatre critic (1878–1938)
- Egon KischAustrian/Czech publicist and writer (1885-1948)
- Egon BahrGerman politician (SPD) (1922-2015)
- Egon KlepschGerman politician (1930–2010)
- Egon ZimmermannAustrian alpine skier (1939–2019)
- Egon PearsonBritish statistician (1895-1980)
- Egon WelleszAustrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist (1885-1974)
Characters named Egon: Egon Spengler (the Ghostbusters franchise).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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