Edon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Edon by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Edon. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Edon
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 Edon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elonoak tree; from Hebrew elon195 in the US (2017)
- Edsonson of ed; ed means wealthy guardian88 in the US (2017)
- Eldonold hill or from the old valley72 in the US (2017)
- Edanfull of fire; from Aodh14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Edinwealthy friend; a shortened form of Edwin46 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Edon
Names that are said the same way as Edon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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