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Eddie

What does Eddie mean?

Eddie Pronunciation of Eddie as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Eddie) is pronounced ED-ee. It is of English origin. Pet form of Ed, the nickname for Edgar, Edmund, Edward and Edwin.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ed-, -ie

Variations

VARIANT Eddy

RELATIONS VIA ED, EDGAR, EDMUND, EDWARD, EDWIN Eadger, Ed, Edd, Edik, Edlin, Edmon, Eduino, Edvin, Edwyn, Neddie, Teddie

FEMININE FORM Edwina

CREATIVE FORMS
(male) Eldie, ..

(female) Edei, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Eddie Kristopher (E.K.), ..

How popular is Eddie?

Eddie is a very prominent first name for men (#136 out of 1220, Top 11%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#18594 out of 150436, Top 12%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Eddie reached its apex rank of #70 in the U.S. in the 1900s, and is at #725 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Eddie name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Eddie outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Eddie (#725 FROM RECENT DATA) are Ed, Edd, Eddy (#1485), Edgar (#356), Edmon, Edmund (#1137), Edvin, Edward (#169), Edwin (#332) and Teddie. Adoption of these forms of Eddie was at its peak 138 years ago (AVERAGE #675) and is now much reduced (#1291, 92%), with versions such as Eddie becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Eddie, Ed, Edd, Eddy, Edgar in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Edmon, Edmund, Edward, Edwin, Teddie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Eddie, Edvin, Edward outside U.S.

Similar Names

Eddie is alike in pronunciation to Aadi, Addie, Addy, Adi, Audie, Iddo, Odie and Udi. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Andie, Ardie, Bodie, Buddie, Codie, Eadin, Ebbie, Edd, Edik, Edin, Edlin, Edric, Edrik, Edvin, Eldin, Eldis, Elie, Erie, Erlie, Ernie, Jodie, Kodie, Laddie, Neddie, Paddie, Roddie, Rudie and Teddie. These names tend to be less commonly used than Eddie.


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