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Edi

Mostly boys · ED-ee · Old English

Edi is a name of Old English origin, meaning “wealth, fortune”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

What does Edi 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.

Say it
ED-ee

Meaning borrowed from Eddie.

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

In recent years, Edi has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Edi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Edi, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.

Half of all the boys named Edi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 264 boys in the UK were given Edi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #219, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 6 in 20182025
Edi in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20243#5,198
20233#5,193
20220–
20213#4,989
20203#4,803
20190–
20186#3,162
20175#3,608
20163#5,015
20150–
20145#3,529
20130–
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20095#3,395
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20054#3,330
20044#3,147

How popular is Edi in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,906among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Edi, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2006, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.

Half of all the boys named Edi in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 414 boys in the US were given Edi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #630, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.

1981Busiest: 24 in 20062025
Edi in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#8,906
202411#7,252
20230–
20227#9,815
20217#9,709
20209#8,062
20196#10,797
20187#9,664
20170–
20169#8,141
20158#8,739
201410#7,557
20136#10,722
20126#10,763
20117#9,593
20107#9,686
200922#4,427
200822#4,392
200711#7,090
200624#3,998
200523#3,937
200411#6,514
200316#4,810
200218#4,316
20019#6,928
20009#6,832
199911#5,650
199810#5,834
199715#4,241
199611#5,180
19958#6,400
199411#5,103
19930–
199214#4,106
19915#8,228
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19856#5,780
19840–
19830–
19827#5,001
19818#4,507

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