The name of a 9th C English saint, two kings of England, a 13th C English saint, and two 16th C English saints.
The 9th C English saint was regarded in the Middle Ages as the patron saint of England, which helps account for the name's enduring popularity even after the Norman Conquest.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Ædmundo (abl) PR-XXXVI p. 15;
1189 Eadmundi (gen) GASurv p. 85,
Eadmundus (nom) ibid. p. 131,
Edmundi (gen) ibid. p. 142,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 125;
1222 Eadmundus (nom) StPaulDom p. 46,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 49,
eadmundi (gen) ibid. p. 27,
edmundi (gen) ibid. p. 80;
1279–80 Edmundo (abl) WaHR-SK p. 40,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 39;
1296 Edmundi (gen) RCS-1 p. 94a,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 93b;
1300 Edmundus (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 232;
1321 Edmundum (acc) EL-2 p. 108,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 109;
1327 Edmundo (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111;
1337 Edmondo (dat) MHCG2 459;
1340xc1450 Edmundus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6;
1341 Edmundus (nom) SaxhamSf p. 111;
1372 Edmundo (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 42;
1375 Edmundo (dat) ibid. no. 52;
1379 Edmundus (nom) WRYPT1 p. 8;
1381 Edmundi (gen) Suffolk1381 p. 120,
Edmundo (abl) ibid. p. 90,
Edmundum (acc) ibid. p. 72,
Edmundus (nom) FenPT-2 p. 10,
Suffolk1381 p. 72;
1419 Edmundum (acc) Bar-in-El p. 2;
1436 Edmundo (dat) WillsInv LIX;
1482 Edmundus (nom) BreadBk p. 4;
1482/3 Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 5;
1483 Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 7;
1485–1486 Edmundo (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 69;
1553 Edmondus (nom) StMartF p. 57;
1560 Edmundus (nom) Chst-1 p. 10;
1560/1 Edmundus (nom) RegSoABap p. 3;
1563 Edmundi (gen) ibid. p. 7;
1565 Edmundus (nom) RegSoAMar p. 4;
1566 Edmundi (gen) RegSoABap p. 12,
Edmundus (nom) ibid. p. 12;
1567 Edmundi (gen) ibid. p. 13;
1571 Edmundi (gen) ibid. p. 17;
1575 Edmundi (gen) Chst-1 p. 12;
1591 Edmundus (nom) RegSoAMar p. 15
- Anglo-French
- ● 1245–1250[1586] Edmond Glover 216;
1321 Edmond EL-2 p. 108
- Middle English
- ● 1428 Edmond EEW p. 79;
1438 Edmond ibid. p. 110
- Early Modern English
- ● 1481 Edmond HHB1481-90 p. 4;
1485 Edmond WillsInv LXIX;
1511 Edmonde OrpingtonKe p. 74;
1520 Edmund SaxhamSf p. 128;
1528 Edmond SRS-XXI p. 6;
1530 Edmund LIWill-III p. 11,
Edmunde ibid. p. 7;
1531 Edmund SaxhamSf p. 127;
1532–1533 Edmond CovGuild-2 p. 113,
Edmonde ibid. p. 100;
1539 Edmond DEmar-vol1 p. 78;
1542 Edmont BarnstapleBap p. 3;
1543 Edmonde OrpingtonKe p. 75,
Edmunde ibid. p. 75;
1544 Edmond BarnstapleBap p. 4;
1545 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 3,
BarnstapleBap p. 4,
Edmont DEmar-vol1 p. 78;
1546 Edmond BarnstapleBap p. 5;
1547 Edmond ibid. p. 5,
StAnthonlin p. 6;
1548 Edmund WAmar-1 p. 107;
1549 Edmund StAnthonlin p. 8;
1550 Edmund ibid. p. 8;
1554/5 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 5;
1554 Edmond BarnstapleBap p. 8;
1555 Edmond ibid. p. 9,
bruton1 p. 2;
1556 Edmonde ibid. p. 27;
1557 Edmund ProcSuf-vol3 p.265;
1558 Edmond SaxhamSf p. 133,
bruton1 p. 109,
Edmonde SaxhamSf p. 133,
Edmund ibid. p. 129,
Emond ibid. p. 132;
1559 Edmond BarnstapleBap p. 10,
Edmonde BEmar-vol1 p. 6,
Edmund RegSoAMar p. 1,
SaxhamSf p. 1,
StAnthonlin p. 13;
1560 Edmonte DEmar-vol1 p. 80,
Edmund RegSoABap p. 2;
1561 Edmond bruton1 p. 3,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 14;
1562 Edmond bruton1 p. 32,
Edmonde ibid. p. 32,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 15,
WAmar-1 p. 108,
Edmunde BarnstapleBap p. 12;
1563 Edmund SaxhamSf p. 1,
StAnthonlin p. 16;
1563/4 Edmunde BarnstapleBap p. 13;
1565 Edmond HAmar-vol9 p. 116,
StMaryA p. 4,
Edmonte DEmar-vol1 p. 81;
1566 Edmund SaxhamSf p. 2;
1567 Edmond BUmar-vol2 p. 61,
bruton1 p. 112;
1568 Edmond COmar-vol5 p. 84,
Edmund ExMar 2b,
HAmar-vol9 p. 116,
bruton1 p. 112;
1569 Edmond RegBath p. 1;
1570 Edmond OrpingtonKe p. 3;
1571 Edmond BEmar-vol2 p. 95,
RegBath p. 2,
Emond SaxhamSf p. 56;
1572 Edmond BEmar-vol2 p. 129,
Edmund RegSoAMar p. 6,
StAnthonlin p. 22;
1573 Edmonde Bar-in-El p. 22,
Edmund BUmar-vol9 p. 5,
SaxhamSf p. 3;
1575 Edmond OrpingtonKe p. 4,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 24;
1576 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 10,
bruton1 p. 43,
Edmonde ibid. p. 115;
1577 Edmond BEmar-vol2 p. 96,
Edmund BUmar-vol9 p. 6,
RegSoAMar p. 8,
Edmunde SaxhamSf p. 56;
1578 Edmonde OrpingtonKe p. 5;
1580 Edmund COmar-vol5 p. 6;
1581 Edmond BEmar-vol2 p. 30,
OrpingtonKe p. 6,
RegBisham p. 4;
1582 Edmond OrpingtonKe p. 6,
Edmund RegSoAMar p. 10,
SaxhamSf p. 3;
1583 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 11,
OrpingtonKe p. 6,
Edmund WAmar-1 p. 108,
Edmunde SaxhamSf p. 3,
Emunde ibid. p. 39;
1584 Edmond DEmar-vol2 p. 9,
Edmund COmar-vol5 p. 7,
RegSoAMar p. 11,
Emunde SaxhamSf p. 57;
1585 Edmond OrpingtonKe p. 7,
Edmund BUmar-vol9 p. 7;
1586 Edmond SaxhamSf p. 57;
1587 Edmond ibid. p. 57,
Edmund ibid. p. 4;
1588 Edmond ibid. p. 4,
Edmund DEmar-vol2 p. 16;
1589 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 13;
1590 Edmund Bar-in-El p. 28;
1591 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 15,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 34;
1592 Edmond BEmar-vol1 p. 15,
BUmar-vol1 p. 27,
SaxhamSf p. 4,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 35;
1593 Edmond BUmar-vol1 p. 27,
Edmund StAnthonlin p. 36;
1595 Edmond BUmar-vol1 p. 27,
DEmar-vol2 p. 31;
1596/7 Edmond RegFord p. 3;
1596 Edmonde HAmar-vol9 p. 93;
1597 Edmond DEmar-vol2 p. 36,
bruton1 p. 124,
Edmund DEmar-vol2 p. 36;
1598 Edmond ibid. p. 39,
Edmund ibid. p. 38;
1599 Edmond BUmar-vol1 p. 17
- ◑ 1540 Edmot BarnstapleBap p. 2
- Finland
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- Early Modern Swedish
- ● 1548 Ödmunds (gen) Audén1980 p. 167
- France
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- Latin
- ● c823 Otmundus (nom) irminon-vol2 49
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● 1487 Edmundum (acc) RegOct 10;
1501 Edmundo (abl) ibid. 6,
Edmundum (acc) ibid. 6
- Early Modern English
- ● 1536 Edmund Fiants-1 55;
1539/40 Edmund ibid. 104;
1539 Edmund ibid. 85;
1540 Edmund ibid. 111;
1591 Edmond IORCHAR-II p. xxi,
Edmonde ibid. p. xxvi
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Ødmundus (nom) SDHK no. 6014
- Old Swedish
- ● 1406 Ödmunder (nom) SDHK no. 16646
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1397 Edmundo (dat) StDav-1 p. 2
- Welsh
- ● 1543 Edmund RegCon1 p. 4
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Edmund". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Edmund.