Edmund

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Edmund

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

History:
Edmund was a popular Anglo-Saxon name. It was the name of two early Anglo-Saxon kings, as well as two medieval saints. Because King Henry II of England admired the early Edmund, he passed the name to his second son Edmund “Crouchback” Plantagenet the Earl of Leicester, in 1245. Edmund remained popular in the royal and noble families of England (as well as among the lower classes) until the 15th century.

Pronunciation: ed-mund.

Diminutives:
English: Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ned, Neddie, Neddy, Ted, Teddy.

Alternates: Edmonde.
French: Edmond, Emon, Monet.
Hawaiian: Ekemona.
Hungarian: Ödön.
Irish: Eamon, Eamonn.
Italian: Edmondo.
Spanish: Edmundo.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
English poet.
Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
English poet.
Edmondo de Amicis (1846-1908)
Italian writer.
Edmond Rostand (1868-1918)
French dramatist.
Edmund C. Blunden (1896-1974)
American poet.
Ödön Edmund Josef Horváth (1901-1938)
Hungarian novelist.
(Eamonn) Kevin Roche (1922-)
Irish architect.

Educators, Scholars, and Social Workers:
Edmund Bolton (1575-1633)
English historian.
Edmund Calamy (1600-1666)
English theologian.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
British statesman and political scientist.
Edmund Malone (1741-1812)
Irish-English scholar.
Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894)
English journalist.
Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908)
American editor.
Sir Edmund Gosse (1849-1928)
British literary historian.
Edmund Husserl (1859-1938)
Edmund philosopher.

Miscellaneous:
Edmond Hoyle (1671-1769)
English writer on card games.
Edmond Leboeuf (1809-1888)
French general.
Edmond Jouhaud (1905-1995)
Algerian-French military official.
Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-)
New Zealand mountain climber and explorer.
Eamon Andres (1922-1987)
Irish broadcaster.

Political Figures:
Edmund Dudley (1462-1510)
Minister of King Henry VII of England.
Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714)
British colonial American administrator.
Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
British statesman and political scientist.
Edmund Jennings Randolph (1753-1812)
American secretary of state and attorney general.
Edmond-Charles Genet (1763-1834)
French diplomat to the United States of America.
Edmond Drouyn de Lhuys (1805-1881)
French statesman.
Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920)
Prime minister of Australia.
Eamon de Valera (1882-1975)
Irish prime minister and president.
Edmund G. Brown (1905-1996)
American politician.
Edmund Sixtus Muskie (1914-1996)
American politician.
Edmond Leburton (1915-1997)
Belgian prime minister.

Religious Figures:
Saint Edmund the Martyr (841-870)
King of East Anglia.
Saint Edmund of Abington (Edmund Rich) (1175-1240)
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Edmund Grindal (1519-1583)
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Saint Edmund Campion (1540-1581)
British Jesuit martyr.

Royalty:
Edmund (841-870)
King of East Anglia (Saint Edmund the Martyr).
Edmund I the Deed-Doer (921-946)
King of the English.
Edmund II (993-1016)
King of the English.
Edmund, Earl Lancaster (1245-1296)
Son of King Henry III of England. Founder of the House of Lancaster.

Scientists:
Edmund Gunter (1581-1626)
English mathematician.
Edmond Halley (1656-1742)
English astronomer and mathematician (he of Halley’s Comet).
Edmund Cartwright (1743-1823)
English inventor.
Edmund Ruffin (1794-1865)
American soil chemist.
Edmond Frémy (1814-1894)
French chemist.
Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856-1939)
American biologist.
Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1873-1956)
British mathematician.
Edmund Brisco Ford (1901-1988)
British geneticist.
Edmond H. Fischer (1920-)
American biochemist. Co-winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Physiology of Medicine.

Singers and Entertainers:
Edmund Kean (1789-1833)
English actor.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.030 % named Edmund
0.019 % named Edmond
0.004 % named Edmundo

Popularity of Edmund:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 147th most popular.
1875: 144th most popular.
1900-1910: 153rd most popular.
1910-1920: 146th most popular.
1920-1930: 165th most popular.
1930-1940: 227th most popular.
1940-1950: 262nd most popular.
1950-1960: 300th most popular.
1960-1970: 385th most popular.
1970-1980: 517th most popular.
1980-1990: 715th most popular.
1990-2000: 877th most popular.
1990: 849th most popular.
1991: 875th most popular.
1992: 893rd most popular.
1993: 963rd most popular.
1994: 926th most popular.
1995-96: N/A
1997: 929th most popular.
1998: N/A

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