Edom
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning red; biblical place name.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Edom by the numbers
Edom was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that mean red
Like Edom, each of these has red in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rubydeep red gemstone1,032 in England and Wales (2025)
- Roryred king1,760 in England and Wales (2025)
- Scarletscarlet cloth; bright red color783 in the US (2017)
- Scarlettebright red cloth; variant of Scarlett336 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Edom
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