Edrei

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Biblical name

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/eðɾei/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Edrei is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 255K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K
  • VEVenezuela≈1 in 863K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

186 people, 2020

Sources
71 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 255K (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Biblical name

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Edrei 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.

Where Edrei is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1861 in 1.8M160Edrei58
BR Brazil1661 in 1.3M187Edrei40
PH Philippines≈96 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Edrei19
VE Venezuela≈33 est.≈1 in 863K—Edrei9
ZA South Africa≈33 est.≈1 in 1.7M—Edrei4
CR Costa Rica201 in 255K20Edrei12
CL Chile≈16 est.≈1 in 1.2M1Edrei12
GY Guyana11 in 750K1—1

186 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Edrei is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hebrew surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Morocco, Qatar, France

    Also written אדרעי

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Edreí

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Едреї

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18801900192019401960Max Edrei, b. 1889Albert Edrei, b. 1914Arye Edrei, b. 1956
  • Max Edreib. 1889FRFrench architect (1889–1972)
  • Albert Edreib. 1914USAmerican mathematician and university teacher (1914-1998)
  • Arye Edreib. 1956ILIsraeli law professor

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Edrei,Hi Edrei, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Edrei
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—187#12,242
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—182#26,748
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022166—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020160#40,182
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—160#29,015
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010145—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)200095—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)199055—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)200050—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)199040—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)198032—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202026#40,182

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname 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

What does the name Edrei mean, and where does it come from?
Biblical name Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
How do you pronounce Edrei?
A machine transcription gives /eðɾei/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Edrei a male or female name?
Edrei 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 Edrei have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 186 people named Edrei, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edrei.
Where is Edrei most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edrei is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 255 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Edrei?
In the United States, the national register counted 186 people named Edrei in 2020, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.

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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, “Edrei”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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