Edmund (given name)
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| Edmund | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Masculine |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old English |
| Derivation | ēad + mund |
| Meaning | "prosperity", "riches" + "protector" |
| Other names | |
| Derivative(s) | Eamonn, Edmond |
Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity", "riches"; and mund, meaning "protector".[1]
List of people with the given name [edit]
- Edmund Anscombe (1874-1948), New Zealand Architect
- St. Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), English priest and martyr
- Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), Governor of California
- Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher
- St. Edmund Campion (1540–1581), English priest and martyr
- Edmund Crispin, pseudonym of English crime fiction writer Bruce Montgomery (1921–1978)
- Edmund H. Garrett (1853–1929), American artist
- Edmund Gettier (born 1927), American Philosopher and Professor Emeritus
- Edmund Goulding (1891–1959), British film writer and director
- Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), British mathematician
- Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer
- Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), Philosopher and mathematician
- Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author and storyteller
- Edmund P. Murray (1930–2007), American novelist and journalist
- Edmund Muskie (1914–1996), American Secretary of State
- Edmund Reid (1846-1917), head of the Metropolitan Police's CID during the time of the Jack the Ripper
- Edmund Rich (1175–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), English poet
List of fictional characters with the given name [edit]
- Edmund (King Lear), from Shakespeare's King Lear
- Edmund Bertram, from Jane Austen's Mansfield Park
- Edmund Blackadder, from the BBC show Blackadder
- Edmund Pevensie, from C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia
- Edmund Tyrone, from Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night
References [edit]
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1
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