Edmond

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Edmond

Gender: Masculine
Language: French, English
Etymology:
Edmond is the modern French form of the Old English name Eadmund. It meant “Rich Protector” from “ead” (rich) and “mund” (protection).

History:
Until relatively recently, Edmond has been consistently popular in France. In the United States, this French spelling initially outranked the English spelling and for a long while was almost nearly as common.

Please see Edmund for more information.

Pronunciation: ed-mond.

Diminutives:
English: Ed, Eddie.
French: Monet.

Alternates: Edmonde, Emon.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896)
French novelist. Collaborator of Jules de Concourt.
Edmond Rostand (1868-1918)
French dramatist.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Edmond Malone (1741-1812)
British critic.
Edmond Picard (1836-1924)
Belgian jurist.

Fictional Characters:
Edmond Dantes (1844-5)
Hero of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo.

Miscellaneous:
Edmond Hoyle (1671-1769)
English writer on card games.
Edmond Leboeuf (1809-1888)
French general.
Edmond Jouhaud (1905-1995)
Algerian-French military official.

Political Figures:
Edmond-Charles Genet (1763-1834)
French diplomat to the United States of America.
Edmond Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881)
French statesman.
Edmond Leburton (1915-1997)
Belgian prime minister.

Scientists and Inventors:
Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
English astronomer and mathematician (he of Halley’s Comet).
Edmond Frémy (1814-1894)
French chemist.
Edmond H. Fischer (1920-)
American biochemist. Co-winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.019 % named Edmond

Popularity of Edmond:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1800: 99th most popular.
1850: 160th most popular.
1875: 130th most popular.
1900-1910: 279th most popular.
1910-1920: 287th most popular.
1920-1930: 290th most popular.
1930-1940: 366th most popular.
1940-1950: 397th most popular.
1950-1960: 417th most popular.
1960-1970: 567th most popular.
1970-1980: 740th most popular.
1980-1990: 946th most popular.
1990-2000: N/A

In France...
1900: 41st most popular.
1910: 38th most popular.
1920: 39th most popular.
1930: 41st most popular.
1940: 55th most popular.
1950: 92nd most popular.
1960: 171st most popular.
1962: 167th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A