as a First Name
This name is found as a variant or pet form of Edith in Yorkshire from the 15th century onwards. It is recorded as a baptismal name in the 16th century. In present-day use it probably refers to the biblical ‘Garden of Eden’, crew ῾eden ‘place of pleasure’. As a boy's name it may also represent a variant of Aidan or a transferred use of a surname, itself derived in the Middle Ages from a given name Edun or Edon. This is of Old English origin, from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + hūn ‘bear cub’.
| 2,485th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,033
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 17,574
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Eden per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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