Edd

Where Edd comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Edd.

Edd through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #225 among boys, with 52 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #198
    60 babies named Edd, its best rank.
  3. 1893
    Edd Roush born
    American baseball player and coach
  4. 1952
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,430.
  5. 1971
    Edd China born
    British motor specialist
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Ed (male name, short for Edward)
Namesakes
  • Edd China · British motor specialist, born 1971
  • Edd Roush · American baseball player and coach, 1893–1988
  • Edd Gould · British animator, 1988–2012
  • Edd Hillstad · Norwegian rower, born 1950
  • Edd Houck · American politician, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.