Edmund

English

"fortunate protector"

Edmund Origin and Meaning

The name Edmund is a boy's name of English origin meaning "fortunate protector".

The sophisticated Edmund and its nearly-identical French twin Edmond are coming out of mothballs now that Edward, inspired by Twilight, is once again a hot name.

Edmund has had an enviable history, as evidenced by these quotes: "There is nobleness in the name of Edmund," says a Jane Austen character, and the poet John Keats once bemoaned, "Had my name been Edmund, I would have been more fortunate."

Famous bearers include the English astronomer Edmund Halley, after whom the comet was named, poet Edmund Spenser, great Shakespearean actor Edmund Kean, and New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary. Literary Edmunds appear in King Lear,, Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, and Dickens's Little Dorrit.

Edmund reached its highest point of popularity in the U.S. in 1914, when it was Number 130; it hasn't appeared on the list since 1997--making it even more attractive as an uncommon alternative to Edward.

Eamon is the cheery Irish version.

Edmund Rank in US Top 1000

# 918 in the US

Edmund Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 304 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Edmund

• 304 Nameberry 2025
• 182 Unique 2024
• 729 Future 2028
• 864 England 2024

20 Names Similar to Edmund

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Edmund.

• Benedict
• Edwin
• Rupert
• Ernest
• Edgar
• Leopold
• Francis
• Alfred
• Clarence
• Phineas
• Eugene
• Frederick
• Hector
• Archibald
• Claude
• Albert
• Augustine
• Augustus
• Laurence
• Cecil

Famous People Named Edmund

• Saint Edmund the Martyr King of East Anglia
• Edmund I and II Kings of England
• Edmund Burke Irish statesman, political theorist, philosopher, author, and orator
• Edmund Spenser English poet
• Edmund Henry Garrett American illustrator
• Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie 58th U.S. Secretary of State
• Sir Edmund Percival Hillary New Zealand mountaineer
• Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl German philosopher
• Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown American politician; 34th and 39th governor of California
• Edmund P. Murray American novelist and journalist
• Edmund Lenihan Irish author and storyteller
• Saint Edmund Rich 13th,century Archbishop of Canterbury
• Edmund Gettier American philosopher
• Edmund John James Reid English police detective and aeronaut
• Edmund Anscombe New Zealand architect
• Edmund Goulding English film director
• Edmund Allenby English soldier and British Imperial Governor
• Saint Edmund Arrowsmith one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
• Saint Edmund Campion one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
• Saint Edmund Gennings one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
• Edmund "Ned" Foley son of actor Dave Foley

The name Edmund in Pop Culture

• Edmund character in Shakespeare's "King Lear"
• Edmund Pevensie character in "The Chronicles of Narnia"
• Edmund Blackadder character on TV's "Blackadder," named after the character in King Lear
• Edmund Bertram character in Jane Austen's "Mansfield Park"
• Edmond Dantes main character in Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo"
• Edmund Tyrone character in Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night"
• Edmund Reid character on TV's "Ripper Street"
• Edmund Fitzgerald a ship that sank in the Great Lakes
• "Wreck of the Edmund Fizgerald " song by Gordon Lightfoot
• Edmund character in G. A. Henty's "The Dragon and the Raven"
• Edmund 'Bunny' Corcoran character in Donna Tartt's "The Secret History"
• Edmund "Ned" Chicane beloved character in the second campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"

International Variations of the name Edmund

• Odön Hungarian
• Edmon Russian
• Eamonn Gaelic
• Mundo Portuguese
• Edmundo Portuguese
• Edmond Dutch
• Edmondo Italian
• Eamon Irish
• Edmunds Latvian
• Eumann Scottish Gaelic
• Eames Irish