Edmund
| Edmund | |
|---|---|
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| Pronunciation |
/ˈɛdmənd/ Old English: [ˈæːɑdmund] |
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old English |
| Derivation | ēad + mund |
| Meaning | "prosperity", "riches" + "protector" |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Eadmund |
| Derivative(s) | Eamonn, Edmond |
Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and mund, meaning "protector".[1]
Persons named Edmund include:
People
Kings and nobles
- Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia
- Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946
- Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016
- Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097)
- Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne
- Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent
- Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England
- Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430-1486), English and Welsh nobleman
In religion
- Saint Edmund (disambiguation), religious title given to several persons
- Eadmund of Winchester (died between 833 and 838), once thought to have been a Bishop of Winchester
- Edmund of Durham (died 1041), Bishop of Durham
- Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
- Edmund Campion (1540–1581), English Jesuit priest and martyr
- Edmund Gennings (1567–1591), English priest and martyr
- Edmund Kalau (1928–2014), German missionary and minister
- Edmund Rich (1175–1240), also called Edmund of Abingdon; Archbishop of Canterbury
- Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers
In politics
- Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher
- Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime minister
- Edmund Muskie (1914–1996), American Secretary of State
- Edmund G. Brown, Sr. (1905-1996), commonly known as Pat Brown; governor of California, 1959-1967
- Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), commonly known as Jerry Brown; governor of California
- Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bayern.
In other fields
- Sir Edmund Andros (1637-1714), English colonial administrator under the Royal House of Stuart
- Edmund Anscombe (1874–1948), New Zealand architect
- Edmund Cobb (1892–1974), American actor
- Edmund Crispin, pseudonym of English crime fiction writer Bruce Montgomery (1921–1978)
- Edmund Davy (1785–1857), English chemist
- Edmund Fritz (before 1918 – after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager
- Edmund H. Garrett (1853–1929), American artist
- Edmund Gettier (born 1927), American philosopher
- Edmund Goulding (1891–1959), British film writer and director
- Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), British mathematician
- Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959), British actor
- Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer
- Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher and mathematician
- Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Sir William Edmund Ironside (1880–1951), field marshal and chief of the British Imperial General Staff
- Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside (born 1924), British politician and engineer, son of William Edmund Ironside
- Edmund Blair Leighton (21 September 1852 – 1 September 1922), British artist
- Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author and storyteller
- Edmund Lowe (1890-1971), American actor
- Edmund P. Murray (1930–2007), American novelist and journalist
- Edmund Reid (1846–1917), head of the Metropolitan Police's CID during the time of the Jack the Ripper
- Ed Skoronski (1910–1996), American football player
- Edmund Sonnenblick (1932-2007), American cardiologist
- Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), English poet
- Kyle Edmund (born 1995), British tennis player
Fictional characters
- Edmund (King Lear), an antagonist in the play King Lear by William Shakespeare
- Edmund Bertram, character in the novel Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
- Edmund Blackadder, the protagonist of the BBC historical comedy series Blackadder
- Edmund Pevensie, character in The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
See also
- All pages beginning with Edmund
- Edmund (disambiguation)
- Edmunds (disambiguation)
- Edmond (disambiguation)
- Edmund Ironside (disambiguation)
- Edward
References
- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 84, ISBN 9780198610601
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