Edsel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɛdsəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edsel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 196K
- CWCuraçao1 in 524
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 209 (measured from records)
- 1 in 524 (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Curaçao
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edsel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 155K | — | Edsel | 2 |
| PH Philippines | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Edsel | 58 |
| US United States | 1,693 | 1 in 196K | 1.7K | Edsel | 209 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 203K | listed | Edsel | 35 |
| EG Egypt | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 323K | — | Edsel | 5 |
| CW Curaçao | 289 | 1 in 524 | 289 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 58K | — | Edsel | 16 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈85 est. | ≈1 in 118K | — | Edsel | 16 |
| IE Ireland | ≈60 est. | ≈1 in 86K | — | Edsel | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the gb-nisra-baby-names-ni register; CBS Curaçao — Most common first names by gender (2023). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Edsel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, car make; pers. name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Germanic mythology this name is a variant of ETZEL . In modern times its most famous bearer was Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Corporation. The family was partly of Dutch or Flemish descent, but the reason for the choice of given name is not known.
as a word
In Cebuano, a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages], variant of Etzel.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Edsel Bryant Fordb. 1893USAmerican businessman (1893-1943)
- Edsel Ford Fongb. 1927USWorld's rudest waiter (1927-1984)
- Edsel Martisb. 1961NLDutch baseball player
- Edsel Gomezb. 1962USPuerto Rican jazz pianist
- Edsel Chaseb. 1968BBBarbadian sprinter
- Edsel Dopeb. 1974USAmerican singer and musician
- Edsel Ingb. 2000CAresearcher
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)
Attested in 41 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.7K | #8,552 |
| CW Curaçao | CBS Curaçao — Most common first names by gender (2023) | 2023 | 289 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 224 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 174 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1925 | 173 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 156 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1924 | 138 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 120 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 113 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1931 | 105 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 104 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 98 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Edsel mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Edsel a male or female name?
- Edsel 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.
- How do you pronounce Edsel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɛdsəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Edsel?
- In the etymology graph, Atilla, Attila and Atila are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Edsel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.0 thousand people named Edsel in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edsel.
- Where is Edsel most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edsel is densest in Curaçao — about 1 in 524 people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Edsel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,693 people named Edsel in 2020, about 1 in 196 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edselThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Edsel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.