Edwar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ED-wahr
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Edwar is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “rich guardian”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Edwar mean?
Old English: Spanish-language form of Edward
“rich guardian”
Is Edwar a girl's or a boy's name?
Edwar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edwar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Edwar, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Edwar in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Edwar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Nicknames for Edwar
Names like Edwar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Hamza, Amir, Nasir, Jamir, Umar, Musa, Ammar, Nazir, Samir, Muhammad
Names related to Edwar
More Old English names
Alfie, Edward, Teddy, Waylon, Alfred, Audrey, Edith, Wilfred, Ozzy, Edie, Eddie, Edwin, Ted, Teddie, Eduardo, Edgar
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, “Edwar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edwar, updated 20 October 2026.