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Eddi

Gender
Boy
Say it
ED-ee
Origin
Old English

Eddi is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Eddi mean?

Old English: spelling of Eddie; pet form of Edward, Edmund or Edwin

“wealth, fortune”

A pet form of Old English names beginning with Ed-, such as Edward, Edmund and Edwin.

Meaning borrowed from Eddie.

Is Eddi a girl's or a boy's name?

Eddi is a boys' name.

How popular is Eddi in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the boys named Eddi in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 12 in 20062016
Eddi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20165#12,180
20150–
20140–
20130–
20129#8,152
20118#8,760
201010#7,585
20098#8,980
20088#9,013
200712#6,618
200612#6,455
200511#6,628
20040–
20037#8,636
20020–
20015#10,548
20000–
19990–
19985#9,623
19970–
19965#9,008
19950–
19940–
19936#7,631
19920–
19918#5,934

Nicknames for Eddi

Names like Eddi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Eddi

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Every Old English name

Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Eddi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eddi, updated 20 October 2026.