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
Along the way
  1. 1729
    Edmund Burke born
    Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #187 among boys — 67 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1914
    Peak, #130
    792 babies named Edmund — more than any year before or since.
  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.