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Edmund
say it ed-mund
What Edmund means
- Old English wealthy protector Christian saint: Saint Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
How popular it is
Its use is steady over the last ten years.
- no. 393 in Norway (2020)
- no. 737 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 767 in Scotland (2025)
- no. 922 in Australia (2024)
- no. 1128 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 1149 in the US (2024)
In the United States it was most popular around 1910.
Other forms
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Edmund in stories
- King Lear: Edmund, Gloucester's scheming illegitimate son
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Edmund Pevensie, who betrays his siblings, then is redeemed
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Edmund Pevensie, who betrays and then redeems himself