Eddy

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eddy is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name480K records spelled Eddy51 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Eddie, เอ็ดดี้, เอ็ดดี, เอดิด, เอดดี

• Hindi given name3.0K records spelled Eddy2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Malaysia, Belgium

  Also written Êddý

86 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eddy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from OE Eadwig ‘prosperity-war’; first attested Edwy Morwy 1221 AssWo; surname became Eddy

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In English, A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Diminutif anglais d’Edouard ou Edmond.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, ) Eddie: männl. Vom., englische

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Welsh, obsolete form of addawa (“(s/he) promises”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 127 years between 1884–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eddy Chandlerb. 1894USactor (1894-1948)
• Eddy Kob. 1944CNHong Kong actor
• Eddy Ottozb. 1944ITItalian athlete
• Eddy Merckxb. 1945BEBelgian cyclist (born 1945)
• Eddy Cueb. 1964USAmerican businessman
• Eddy Bosnarb. 1980AUAustralian association football player
• Eddy Curryb. 1982USAmerican basketball player
• Édouard Louisb. 1992FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer
• Eddy Gnahoréb. 1993FRFrench association football player
• Eddie Salcedob. 2001ITnot in their usual nameItalian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,071 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eddy?

We estimate roughly 59 thousand people bear Eddy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Eddy have the most bearers?

Eddy is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled eddy.

How common is Eddy compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Eddy is the 435th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Eddy a male or female name?

Eddy is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eddy mean?

Recorded meaning: From the Middle English male personal name Edwy, from Old English Eadwig, literally ‘wealth-war’