Edison

Where Edison comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Edison.

Edison through the years
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #841 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Edison Chen born
    Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer
  3. 1994
    Edison Flores born
    Peruvian association football player
  4. 2018
    Peak, #538
    522 babies named Edison, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Edison Flores · Peruvian association football player, born 1994
  • Edison Chen · Hong Kong singer, actor, and fashion designer, born 1980
  • Edison Denisov · Soviet and Russian composer, 1929–1996
  • Edison Miranda · Colombian boxer, born 1981
  • Edison Pettit · American astronomer, 1889–1962

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.