Esmond
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EZ-mund
- Origin
- Old English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Esmond is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “grace + protection”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Esmond mean?
Old English: from ēst 'grace' + mund 'protection'
“grace + protection”
Esmond Romilly, nephew of Clementine Churchill, fought in the Spanish Civil War and eloped with Jessica Mitford.
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Is Esmond a girl's or a boy's name?
Esmond is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esmond in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Esmond, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Esmond in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Esmond in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Esmond, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Esmond in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esmond in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,550 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #2,849 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,383 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,229 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,335 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,091 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
Names like Esmond
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edward Alfred Ezra Ellis Wilfred Leo Jasper Oscar Reuben Henry Felix Theo
Names related to Esmond
More Old English names
Alfie Teddy Waylon Audrey Edith Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden Edmund Kelsey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Esmond: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esmond, updated 20 October 2026.