Fun Facts About the Name Aemon
- 158 babies named Aemon: U.S. records list 158 babies given the name Aemon from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aemon Mean?
Aemon is usually treated as a variant spelling of Eamon, the English form of Irish Éamonn. Éamonn is the Irish form of Edmund, which comes from Old English Ēadmund. That name joins ēad, meaning "wealth," "prosperity," or "happiness," with mund, meaning "protection" or "protector." The literal sense is "wealthy protector" or "protector of prosperity." The first element is sometimes glossed as "blessed," but that is a looser interpretation; the older element refers to wealth or good fortune.
Aemon Name History & Origins
The spelling Aemon is not the standard Irish form. Irish uses Éamonn (also spelled Éamon), and Eamon is the usual English-language spelling. Aemon is a rare English variant of that spelling, using ae for the long a sound. Éamonn developed in Irish as the Gaelic adaptation of Edmund, an Old English name used by English and Anglo-Norman settlers in Ireland.
The name is also familiar in modern fiction from Maester Aemon Targaryen in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. That is a literary use of the spelling, not evidence for the name's origin, and it should be kept separate from the traditional Eamon and Éamonn name.
How Popular is the Name Aemon?
Aemon has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #4,229 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,459 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #6,445 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #7,754 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,901 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #8,179 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #7,509 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #4,229 | 24 | 0.0013% |
| 2018 | #8,167 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2017 | #6,691 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #6,053 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #7,501 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #10,754 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,182 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #10,812 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,277 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #9,974 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Aemon Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
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