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♂ Ed
What does Ed mean?
Ed 
▼ as a boys' name. Nickname for Edgar, Edmund, Edward and Edwin.
STARTS WITH Ed-
Variations
VARIANT Edd▼
SEE ALSO Eddie
RELATIONS VIA EDGAR, EDMUND, EDWARD, EDWIN Eddie▼, Eddy, Edik, Edlin, Edmon, Edvin, Edwyn, Ned▼, Odon, Ted▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ed Izayah (E.I.), ..
How popular is Ed?
Ed is a very popular first name for males (#373 out of 1220, Top 31%) and also a very popular surname for both adults and children (#65668 out of 150436, Top 44%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ed was first listed in 1880-1889 and reached its highest rank of #62 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Ed listed in the Top 2000 are Edd, Eddie (#725 FROM RECENT DATA), Eddy (#1485), Edgar (#356), Edmon, Edmund (#1137), Edvin, Edward (#169), Edwin (#332), Ned and Ted. Other variants, like Odon, are seldom used. Adoption of these relations of Ed was at its peak a century ago (USAGE OF 3.2%) and has become much less since (USAGE 0.3%, ▼92%), with forms like Edwin becoming less stylish.
Similar Names
Ed▼ is pronounced similarly to Aad, Ad, Ade, Aed, Aodh and Wade. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Eb, Em, Ep (see Ephraim) and Ev. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ed.
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