Ged
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- GED
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ged is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave spear”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ged mean?
Germanic: short form of Gerard
“brave spear”
Also the true name of the wizard Sparrowhawk in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea books.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ged a girl's or a boy's name?
Ged is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ged in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Ged, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ged than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Ged in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ged in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 2 | #4,101 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
Names like Ged
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Billy, Charles, Liam, Luke, Jack, Lewis, William, James, John, Robert, Adam, Daniel
More Germanic names
Amelia, Henry, Charlotte, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ged: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ged, updated 20 October 2026.