Eddy

Where Eddy comes from

Eddy hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #971 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Eddy Merckx born
    Belgian cyclist
  3. 1947
    Peak, #449
    223 babies named Eddy — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #822.
  5. 1980
    Eddy Bosnar born
    Australian association football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Eddy Merckx · Belgian cyclist, born 1945
  • Eddy Bosnar · Australian association football player, born 1980
  • Eddy Maillet · Seychellois football referee, born 1967
  • Eddy Curry · American basketball player, born 1982
  • Eddy Ottoz · Italian athlete, born 1944

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.