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Name Origin

Edmund is a masculine given name of Old English origin, derived from the elements 'eald' meaning 'old' and 'mund' meaning 'protector' or 'guardian'. It traditionally signifies 'wealthy protector' or 'protector of riches'.

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Famous People

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Poet

  • Author of The Faerie Queene

Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)

Mountaineer

  • First to summit Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay

Edmund Burke (1729-1797)

Political theorist and philosopher

  • Founding father of modern conservatism

Edmund Halley (1656-1742)

Astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist

  • Computed the orbit of Halley's Comet