Edmund

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Edmund is a traditional given name of English origin, historically borne by kings and saints and still used in various English-speaking countries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Edmond 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English masculine given name
given name
associatedWith Christian saints
English royalty
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
surface form: Anglo-Saxon

Christian
derivedFromLanguage Old English
etymologicalComponent mund (meaning "protector" or "guardian")
ēad (meaning "wealth" or "prosperity")
gender masculine
hasDiminutive Ed
Eddie
Ned
Ted
hasOldEnglishForm Edmund Ironside
surface form: Ēadmund
hasVariant Edmund Ironside
surface form: Eadmund

Edmund self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edmond
historicallyBorneBy Edmund I of England
Edmund Ironside
surface form: Edmund Ironside, king of England

Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia
Saint Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury
languageOfOrigin English
meaning prosperity guardian
protector of prosperity
wealth protector
nameCategory royal name
saintly name
traditional English name
popularityTrend traditional rather than modern
scriptUsage Latin alphabet
usageRegion Australia
Canada
England
Ireland
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States

other English-speaking countries
usedAs first name
usedBy English speakers
speakers in various English-speaking countries

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eddie canBeDiminutiveOf Edmund
Eddie Lopat givenName Edmund
Edmund Burke givenName Edmund
Edmund G. Ross givenName Edmund
Edmund Halley givenName Edmund
Edmund Hillary givenName Edmund
Edmund Muskie givenName Edmund
Edmund Nelson givenName Edmund
Edmund Randolph givenName Edmund
Edmund Stoiber givenName Edmund
Jerry Brown givenName Edmund
Pat Brown givenName Edmund
Edmund hasVariant Edmund self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edmond
King Lear mainCharacter Edmund
Ed shortFormOf Edmund