Edzard
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Frisian form with z from consonant change; from a Germanic name in Ead-/Ed-
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: INEC, 2015
/ɛtsaʁt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edzard is a male given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- DEGermany
- NLNetherlands
- ZASouth Africa
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Frisian form with z from consonant change; from a Germanic name in Ead-/Ed-
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Edzard is also recorded in 2 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., ursprünglich friesische
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Frisian form of ECKEHARD .
as a word
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)- Edzard Cirksenab. 1300East Frisian chieftain at Greetsiel, Norden, Emden and Brokmerland
- Edzard I, Count of East Frisiab. 1462DECount of East Frisia
- Edzard II, Count of East Frisiab. 1532DEcount of East Frisia (1532–1599)
- Count Ferdinand Edzard of East Frisiab. 1636DEGerman nobleman
- Carl Edzardb. 1716DEPrince of East Frisia
- Edzard Reuterb. 1928DEGerman businessman (1928–2024)
- Edzard Schmidt-Jortzigb. 1941DEGerman politician
- Edzard Ernstb. 1948DEBritish-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of alternative medicine
- Eberhard van der Laanb. 1955NLnot in their usual nameDutch politician (1955-2017)
- Edzard Onnekenb. 1965PKscreenwriter
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)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)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.
Reference works 2
- 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
- What does the name Edzard mean, and where does it come from?
- Frisian form with z from consonant change; from a Germanic name in Ead-/Ed- Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Edzard?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛtsaʁt/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Edzard a male or female name?
- Edzard is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Edzard have the most bearers?
- Edzard is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edzardThe 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
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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, “Edzard”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.