Edmund

Where Edmund comes from

From Old English Ēadmund, from ēad (“prosperity”) + mund (“protection”). Doublet of Eamon.
— Wiktionary's entry for Edmund
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
Edmund through the years
  1. 1729
    Edmund Burke born
    Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #187 among boys, with 67 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1914
    Peak, #130
    792 babies named Edmund, its best rank.
  4. 1919
    Edmund Hillary born
    New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #385.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Old English, borne by early English kings and saints.
Namesakes
  • Edmund Hillary · New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist, 1919–2008
  • Edmund Burke · Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher, 1729–1797
  • Edmund Husserl · German philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology (*1859 – †1938), 1859–1938
  • Edmund Spenser · English poet, 1552–1599
  • Edmund I · King of England (r. 939–946), 920–946

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.