Ed
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Short form of the various boys’ names with the first syllable Ed-, especially
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ed is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- CACanada≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 4.1K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 5.3K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Ed itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 559 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈160,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Canada, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Short form of the various boys’ names with the first syllable Ed-, especially . pEdward.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ed counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Ed | 36 |
| US United States | #548 | 30,006 | 1 in 11K | 30K | Ed | 559 |
| CA Canada | #337 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 1 | Ed | 227 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 16K | listed | Ed | 71 |
| BR Brazil | — | 12,541as Eudes | 1 in 17K | 14K | — | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | #597 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | 3 | Ed | 298 |
| AU Australia | #752 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | 3 | Ed | 179 |
| IE Ireland | #313 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Ed | 89 |
| SG Singapore | #495 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 6K | — | Ed | 66 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ed is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, männl. Vom., englische Kurzform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In cdo, city and suburbs, SB NRE BL % the fox in the city and the rat on the altar, those relying upon authority to injure others
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism, as covers, apparent, manifest, visible, glorious, to
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, nose ail insect which bores into and kills trees, elephant’s skin; a
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
In cdo, twisted to roam about. trees with drooping branches, as the hanyan
as a wordDictionary of the Foochow Dialect
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ed Wynnb. 1886USAmerican actor (1886-1966)
- Ed Begleyb. 1901USAmerican actor (1901–1970)
- Ed Sullivanb. 1901USAmerican television host (1901-1974)
- Ed Geinb. 1906USAmerican murderer and human trophy collector (1906–1983)
- Edward Whiteb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut (1930-1967)
- Ed Flandersb. 1934USAmerican actor (1934–1995)
- Ed O'Rossb. 1949USAmerican actor
- Ed Harrisb. 1950USAmerican actor and director (born 1950)
- Ed Helmsb. 1974USAmerican actor and comedian
- Ed Skreinb. 1983GBEnglish actor and rapper
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 30K | #1,252 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 3.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.6K | #3,312 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 3.4K | #4,241 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 187 | #3,312 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 173 | #1,252 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 93 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1932 | 6 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2014 | 3 | #680 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2013 | 3 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Ed come from?
- Short form of the various boys’ names with the first syllable Ed-, especially . pEdward. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Ed?
- In the etymology graph, Eduardo, Edgar and Eddie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Edward and Edwin.
- What does the name Ed mean?
- Recorded meaning: Short form of the various boys’ names with the first syllable Ed-, especially .
- Is Ed a male or female name?
- Ed is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Ed have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 160 thousand people named Ed in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ed.
- How common is the name Ed?
- In the United States, the national register counted 30,006 people named Ed in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
- How common is Ed compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Ed is the 313th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Ed?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ed” — the 313th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.