Ed Forename
4,908th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 213,115 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Netherlands
Ed Forename Definition:
A very familiar pet-name for Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin.
Ed Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 125,159 | 1:2,897 | 505 |
| Canada | 100% | 27,365 | 1:1,211 | 277 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 23,728 | 1:712 | 159 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8,104 | 1:26,436 | 2,283 |
| Philippines | 95% | 6,778 | 1:15,640 | 1,794 |
| Russia | 100% | 4,432 | 1:32,544 | 769 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,966 | 1:13,726 | 1,182 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,632 | 1:18,880 | 2,474 |
| Angola | - | 1,215 | 1:22,195 | 1,764 |
| Poland | 78% | 1,178 | 1:32,281 | 999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 644 | 1:32,297 | 3,883 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Indonesia | - | 550 | 1:469,025 | 35,993 |
| Germany | 92% | 513 | 1:188,456 | 3,002 |
| Belgium | 100% | 477 | 1:24,088 | 1,690 |
| Morocco | 100% | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Egypt | 100% | 412 | 1:223,061 | 7,852 |
| Portugal | - | 406 | 1:25,643 | 1,119 |
| India | 82% | 377 | 1:3,222,488 | 143,131 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 376 | 1:47,199 | 1,979 |
| Mexico | 97% | 368 | 1:337,349 | 4,613 |
| New Zealand | - | 363 | 1:12,496 | 1,201 |
| France | 100% | 349 | 1:190,459 | 3,170 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 332 | 1:91,717 | 6,595 |
| Belarus | 100% | 276 | 1:34,356 | 498 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Japan | - | 246 | 1:520,269 | 11,274 |
| England | 97% | 211 | 1:263,521 | 7,003 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 191 | 1:54,614 | 3,526 |
| China | - | 187 | 1:7,305,111 | 59,387 |
| Singapore | 80% | 176 | 1:35,722 | 5,946 |
| Guatemala | - | 172 | 1:93,654 | 2,144 |
| South Africa | 58% | 157 | 1:347,342 | 18,745 |
| Bahrain | - | 148 | 1:9,113 | 1,459 |
| Suriname | - | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Thailand | 93% | 145 | 1:483,213 | 23,228 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 143 | 1:50,014 | 4,490 |
| Armenia | 97% | 131 | 1:22,281 | 1,251 |
| Kenya | 100% | 129 | 1:358,970 | 11,554 |
| Nigeria | 65% | 122 | 1:1,455,446 | 32,357 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 115 | 1:134,120 | 9,033 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Malawi | - | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Haiti | 100% | 105 | 1:102,161 | 5,746 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 94 | 1:87,378 | 2,940 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 92 | 1:258,366 | 20,362 |
| Peru | 95% | 85 | 1:374,017 | 7,476 |
| Spain | - | 84 | 1:553,928 | 6,661 |
| South Korea | - | 73 | 1:75,951 | 4,309 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Afghanistan | 67% | 68 | 1:479,758 | 8,163 |
| Bahamas | - | 66 | 1:6,051 | 844 |
| Australia | - | 61 | 1:223,895 | 5,282 |
| Qatar | 67% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Italy | 87% | 51 | 1:1,197,296 | 9,879 |
| Malta | - | 51 | 1:8,419 | 919 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Latvia | 100% | 47 | 1:42,886 | 1,294 |
| Sweden | 95% | 43 | 1:229,254 | 7,631 |
| Panama | 100% | 41 | 1:95,282 | 4,823 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 39 | 1:4,559 | 781 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 37 | 1:816,267 | 18,733 |
| Rwanda | - | 36 | 1:315,873 | 1,243 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 32 | 1:110,947 | 1,991 |
| Israel | 57% | 30 | 1:280,097 | 7,331 |
| Denmark | - | 28 | 1:201,768 | 4,445 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Norway | 100% | 25 | 1:205,293 | 5,123 |
| Honduras | 100% | 23 | 1:383,368 | 6,614 |
| Liberia | 91% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| Cambodia | 88% | 21 | 1:774,920 | 13,633 |
| Moldova | - | 21 | 1:169,578 | 1,667 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Pakistan | 99% | 18 | 1:10,797,649 | 73,414 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 18 | 1:75,634 | 5,830 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 18 | 1:2,527,773 | 5,844 |
| Vietnam | - | 18 | 1:5,145,728 | 3,613 |
| American Samoa | - | 17 | 1:3,285 | 601 |
| Georgia | 100% | 17 | 1:219,910 | 5,750 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 17 | 1:27,979 | 568 |
| Colombia | 100% | 16 | 1:2,986,183 | 20,922 |
| Greece | - | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Wales | 97% | 16 | 1:193,394 | 3,524 |
| Congo | 63% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| El Salvador | - | 15 | 1:422,786 | 4,141 |
| Uganda | 100% | 15 | 1:2,730,461 | 31,621 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 14 | 1:688,782 | 12,126 |
| Guyana | 100% | 13 | 1:58,712 | 5,245 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 13 | 1:462,949 | 8,230 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| Argentina | 100% | 11 | 1:3,888,477 | 10,916 |
| Romania | - | 11 | 1:1,822,907 | 23,043 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 10 | 1:2,161,050 | 45,539 |
| Chile | 90% | 10 | 1:1,760,721 | 12,680 |
| Czechia | 95% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| Jordan | 100% | 10 | 1:882,677 | 4,972 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Cyprus | - | 7 | 1:124,439 | 3,136 |
| Guam | - | 7 | 1:22,949 | 2,164 |
| Lithuania | - | 7 | 1:421,697 | 2,256 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Croatia | - | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Iceland | - | 6 | 1:61,003 | 3,164 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Yemen | - | 6 | 1:4,382,792 | 4,591 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Finland | 56% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Lebanon | 75% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Macau | - | 5 | 1:121,642 | 885 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Maldives | 100% | 4 | 1:108,476 | 2,638 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Hungary | 65% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Luxembourg | - | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Mauritania | 50% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:54,874 | 3,819 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Éd (2) are calculated separately.
Ed (15,529) may also be a surname.
Ed Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A very familiar pet-name for Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edwin.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Ed, witness. An altar erected by the Israelites. Josh. xxii. 34.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a witness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Teutonic name, meaning: Wealth. (Hebrew) A witness.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ed Forename Popularity
Ed Demographics
Ed Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 172 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Éd | 83 | 2 | / |
| Eid | 80 | 172,052 | / |
| Ehd | 80 | 30,247 | / |
| Jed | 80 | 27,744 | / |
| Edd | 80 | 6,771 | / |
| Ged | 80 | 5,067 | / |
| Eed | 80 | 1,839 | / |
| Ead | 80 | 1,138 | / |
| Yed | 80 | 632 | / |
| Hed | 80 | 562 | / |
| Edz | 80 | 433 | / |
| Ied | 80 | 294 | / |
| Eds | 80 | 276 | / |
| Eyd | 80 | 212 | / |
| Eud | 80 | 114 | / |
| Edp | 80 | 111 | / |
| Edt | 80 | 67 | / |
| Esd | 80 | 63 | / |
| Edh | 80 | 51 | / |
| Ejd | 80 | 14 | / |
| Etd | 80 | 9 | / |
| Edÿ | 80 | 1 | / |
| E | 67 | 74,655 | / |
| Jedd | 67 | 1,463 | / |
| Head | 67 | 834 | / |
| Heyd | 67 | 559 | / |
| Heid | 67 | 510 | / |
| Jhed | 67 | 255 | / |
| Eaid | 67 | 242 | / |
| Edth | 67 | 187 | / |
| Jeed | 67 | 173 | / |
| Jead | 67 | 160 | / |
| Jied | 67 | 115 | / |
| Ehed | 67 | 99 | / |
| Hedd | 67 | 90 | / |
| Eeid | 67 | 90 | / |
| Yoed | 67 | 66 | / |
| Jeid | 67 | 50 | / |
| Eads | 67 | 46 | / |
| Geed | 67 | 45 | / |
| Geid | 67 | 43 | / |
| Jeud | 67 | 43 | / |
| Heed | 67 | 36 | / |
| Gedd | 67 | 36 | / |
| Ieid | 67 | 35 | / |
| Jeds | 67 | 32 | / |
| Hedh | 67 | 29 | / |
| Edte | 67 | 27 | / |
| Aaed | 67 | 27 | / |
| Eidh | 67 | 26 | / |
| Eadh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Jehd | 67 | 23 | / |
| Jedh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ijed | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ehid | 67 | 19 | / |
| Edds | 67 | 17 | / |
| Jeyd | 67 | 16 | / |
| Hied | 67 | 15 | / |
| Eadt | 67 | 15 | / |
| Yedh | 67 | 15 | / |
| Eayd | 67 | 14 | / |
| Heud | 67 | 13 | / |
| Yied | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ioed | 67 | 11 | / |
| Jedz | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ehdz | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jyed | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jesd | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hyed | 67 | 8 | / |
| Eids | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eddh | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eddt | 67 | 7 | / |
| Edss | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eidt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Jedt | 67 | 6 | / |
| Egyd | 67 | 6 | / |
| Geyd | 67 | 6 | / |
| Eidd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Yedd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hedt | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ehsd | 67 | 5 | / |
| Edch | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hedz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yeds | 67 | 4 | / |
| Easd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eedd | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gedh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ihed | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eddz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eisd | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ieed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ehds | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eaed | 67 | 3 | / |
| Eidz | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ieds | 67 | 3 | / |
| He'd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Iedd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ejdd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eedh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eeds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Etdp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Etds | 67 | 2 | / |
| Estd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ethd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jetd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jjed | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jejd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Etdt | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eudd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eoyd | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eadp | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hedë | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jged | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gehd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eadz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eajd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Edsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eesd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ed'z | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eihd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eudh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yhed | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yetd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yesd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heds | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iied | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iesd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ieyd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jedp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Getd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yehd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iehd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eojd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esdh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etdz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eydd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eydz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejsd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ejtd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehdh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eijd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eahd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eetd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eddd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eddp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eeed | 67 | 1 | / |
Ed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ed in the Russian language | ||
| Эд | ed | - |
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