as a First Name
From an Old English personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + mund ‘protector’. It was borne by several early royal and saintly figures, including a 9th-century king of East Anglia killed by invading Danes, allegedly for his adherence to Christianity. In the 16th and 17th centuries, there was a good deal of interchange between Edmund and Edward.
| 934th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 31,408
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 41,915
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Edmund per capita
- 1914
- marked the height of its popularity
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