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Edmund

Boy name · 47 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Edmund: 47 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 6 births in 1975.

Edmund comes from Old English elements *ēad* ("wealth, fortune") and *mund* ("protector"), meaning "wealthy protector"—a name that once promised both prosperity and safety. Two notable bearers stand out: Edmund Spenser, the Elizabethan poet who gave us *The Faerie Queene*, and Saint Edmund the Martyr, a 9th-century king of East Anglia slain by Viking raiders. Places bearing his name include Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, which grew around his shrine. The name also crossed into literature through Edmond Dantès, the vengeful hero of Alexandre Dumas's *The Count of Monte Cristo*. Though less common today, its Scottish variant, Eòin, shares linguistic ground with other Gaelic names, while Edmund itself enjoyed modest but steady use in 20th-century Scotland.