Edin

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 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◐

Edin is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name28K records spelled Edin18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Êdîñ, Ëdin, Êdíñ, Ęďîņ, Èdîñ

• Croatian given name14K records spelled Edin13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian

  Also written Един, Ediñ, Édin, Edïn

• Norwegian Bokmål given name4.0K records spelled Edin9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Ëdin, Édïñ, Ėdïn, Ędin

• Indonesian given name1.4K records spelled Edin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Edïn

• a separate given name1.3K records spelled Edin3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Also written Ėdin, Edín

45 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●

Edin 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, Old English; a prosperous friend

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In English, University of Edinburgh, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.

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

• In Basque, Hypothetical citation form of the intransitive aorist auxiliary.

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

• In Turkish, second-person plural imperative of etmek

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

• In Basque, "(AN-5vill, arc.), coger. Bidean gauza bat edin dut , he cogido una cosa en el camino" A.

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 82 years between 1932–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Dino Merlinb. 1962BAnot in their usual nameBosnian singer
• Edin Mujčinb. 1970BABosnian association football player
• Edo Maajkab. 1978BAnot in their usual nameBosnian rapper
• Edin Terzićb. 1982DEGerman-Croatian football manager
• Edin Bavčićb. 1984BABosnian basketball player
• Edin Džekob. 1986BABosnian association football player
• Edin Cocalićb. 1987BABosnia-Herzegovinian footballer (born 1987)
• Edin Višćab. 1990BABosnian association football player
• Edin Hasanovićb. 1992BAGerman-Bosnian actor
• Edin Atićb. 1997BABosnia and Herzegovina basketball player (born 1997)

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 · 680 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edin?

We estimate roughly 7.9 thousand people bear Edin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Edin have the most bearers?

Edin is most frequently recorded in Peru, where it is most often spelled edin.

Where is Edin most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edin is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though Peru holds more of our records for it.

How common is Edin compared with other names?

In Honduras, Edin is the 159th most common given name of 23,431 given names recorded there.

Is Edin a male or female name?

Edin 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 Edin mean?

Recorded meaning: Edin är ett namn som används på Balkan.