Edmund

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

How Edmund is read●(measured from records)

Edmund is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• English75%

  A male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• German7.5%

  aus dem Englischen übernommener männl. Vom. (altengl. ead »Erbgut, Besitz« + altengl. mund »Schutz, Schützer«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Edmund, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Frederick
• Benedict
• Alfred
• Desmond
• Albert
• Arthur
• Clarence
• Cedric
• Ambrose
• Conrad
• Franklin
• Alistair

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Edmund is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish given name24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Эдмунд, Едмунд, Edmundas, Едмунда, Èdmund

• Spanish given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, France, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Edmünd

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Ėdmund, Èdmund

• Korean given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Korea, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Also written 에드먼드, Edmond, 에드문드

• Croatian given name9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Едмунд

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Edmund is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, In Ireland usually represented by Eamonn; English name meaning ‘rich protection’.

  as a name·Irish first names

• From an Old English personal name 749 derived from éad ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + mund ‘protector’. It was borne by several early royal and saintly figures, including a 9th-century king of East Anglia killed by invading Danes, allegedly for his adherence to Christianity.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Swedish, Edmund är ett engelskt namn, sammansatt av fornengelskans ēad ’rikedom; egendom’ och → -mund. En fransk form är Edmond, känd från romanen Greven av Monte Cristo (1844) av Alexandre Dumas d.ä., där huvudpersonen bär detta namn. I den rikssvenska almanackan 18 mars.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Origine germanique, de *ead* « richesse, prospérité » + *mund* « protection ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Edmund Ib. 920GBKing of England (r. 939–946)
• Edmund Ironsideb. 993GBKing of the English, Wessex dynasty
• Edmund Spenserb. 1552GBEnglish poet (c. 1552 – 1599)
• Edmond Halleyb. 1656GBnot in their usual nameEnglish astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
• Edmund Burkeb. 1729IEAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
• Edmund Bartonb. 1849AUAustralian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)
• Edmund Gouldingb. 1891GBBritish director and screenwriter (1891–1959)
• Edmund Hillaryb. 1919NZNew Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
• Edmund Strother Phelpsb. 1933USAmerican economist
• Jerry Brownb. 1938USnot in their usual nameGovernor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Edmund?

In the etymology graph, Edmundo, Eamon and Edmondo are forms of the same name in other languages; Eddie, Ed and Eddy are recorded short or pet forms.

Where does the name Edmund come from?

In Ireland usually represented by Eamonn; English name meaning ‘rich protection’. Recorded by Irish first names.

What does the name Edmund mean?

In English, A male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints.

How do you pronounce Edmund?

A machine transcription gives /ɛdmənd/ (IPA) for English.

Is Edmund a male or female name?

Edmund is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Edmund have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 167 thousand people named Edmund in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edmund.

Where is Edmund most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edmund is densest in Poland — about 1 in 2.8 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Edmund?

In the United States, the national register counted 23,553 people named Edmund in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.

How common is Edmund compared with other names?

In Singapore, Edmund is the 273rd most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.