Edmond

Meaning: Prosperous protector
Origin: Old English — French form of Edmund

Boy's name · #2011 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Edmond — on the books since 1880, #2011 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 25,000 boys have carried the name since. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Edmond is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Edmond ranks in other countries and regions.

#676 in Canada (2025) · #776 in France (2025) · #1,350 in Belgium (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,646 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,440 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,736 in Italy (2024) · #3,864 in Ecuador (2024) · #1,359 in Austria (2023) · #657 in Ireland (2022) · #722 in Poland (2016) · #692 in Slovakia (2013) and 2 more.

Famous Edmonds

Edmond Halley — English astronomer, mathematician and physicist (1656–1742)
Edmond Rostand — French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
Edmond de Goncourt — French writer and critic (1822–1896)
Edmond H. Fischer — American biochemist (1920–2021)
Edmond Debeaumarché — French postal worker who joined the French Resistance (1906–1959)
Edmond O'Brien — American actor (1915–1985)
Edmond James de Rothschild — French member of the Rothschild banking family (1845–1934)
Edmond Tapsoba — Burkinabé footballer (born 1999)
Edmond Becquerel — French physicist (1820–1891)
Edmond François Valentin About — French writer (1828–1885)

In stories & tradition

Edmond Dantès — Protagonist of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond (E. Honda) — Street Fighter character
Edmond Wells^Wikidata — Empire of the Ants (book)

Where Edmonds come from

Among 1,187 notable bearers:

France 59%, Belgium 14%, Switzerland 5%, United States 5%, Canada 3%, United Kingdom 3% and 62 more countries.

What Edmonds become

Among 1,461 notable people named Edmond:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Edmond Picard, Belgian jurist and writer (1836–1924).

Similar names: Edmund · Hans · Edson · Guy · Elton · Erwin

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