Edder

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Edder by the numbers

Edder was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Edder

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Edder. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ederflock or herd98 in the US (2017)
  • Elderelder tree; the senior one44 in the US (2017)
  • Eidereider duck; a type of waterfowl9 in the US (2017)
  • Ender116 in the US (2017)
  • Eyder7 in the US (2017)
  • Edden3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Edder

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