Fun Facts About the Name Edelmiro
- 465 babies named Edelmiro: U.S. records list 465 babies given the name Edelmiro from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Edelmiro Mean?
Edelmiro is a Spanish masculine name of Germanic origin meaning "noble and famous" or "of noble renown." It is built from two Germanic elements: adal (also written aþala or athal), "noble," and mēri (later mir), "famous, renowned." The same pair of elements produced the medieval name Ademar (also Ademaro), which lies behind the French Adhémar. In Edelmiro, the first element appears in an Edel- form, the spelling familiar from German names such as Edelgard and Edeltraud, where edel likewise means "noble." The literal sense is a compound of the two parts; the customary reading, "noble and famous," treats them as parallel descriptions rather than a single phrase.
Edelmiro Name History & Origins
The name belongs to the large stock of Germanic personal names that entered the Iberian Peninsula with the Visigoths and survived the end of their kingdom in the early eighth century. Names of this type, formed from a noble or ancestral first element plus a second element such as "fame" or "victory," are the source of many later Spanish and Portuguese names, including Alfonso, Álvaro, Fernando, and Rodrigo. The adal + mēri combination is documented in medieval Latin as Ademarus and in French as Adhémar; among its medieval bearers were Ademar of Chabannes, a monk and historian who died around 1034, and Adhemar of Monteil, bishop of Le Puy and a leader of the First Crusade, who died in 1098.
Edelmiro is the Spanish form of this name, with the first element written Edel- rather than Ad-. It has never been common, and it is best known today through Edelmiro Julián Farrell, an Argentine army officer who served as president of Argentina from 1944 to 1946. The exact route by which the older Ademar/Ademaro type produced the Edel- spelling is not well documented, so the name is best described as a rare Spanish member of the wider Ademar family rather than as the direct continuation of one specific medieval form.
How Popular is the Name Edelmiro?
Edelmiro 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 1972. Its best rank was #2,185 in 1946.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | #8,508 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #8,112 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #7,522 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #9,415 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,070 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,036 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #8,818 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #5,644 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #6,411 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #7,616 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #5,500 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,015 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,128 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1983 | #6,533 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #4,024 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #3,927 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #4,243 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1979 | #4,538 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #3,466 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #3,933 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #3,121 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #3,193 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #2,570 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1971 | #3,019 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #3,964 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1969 | #2,742 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #2,614 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #2,650 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #2,837 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,578 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #3,127 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,749 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #2,451 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,930 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #2,332 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #3,357 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1957 | #3,336 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #2,846 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #2,498 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1953 | #2,318 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1950 | #3,115 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,081 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #2,406 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1946 | #2,185 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1945 | #3,450 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #3,213 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,606 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1939 | #3,215 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1937 | #3,259 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #3,258 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1935 | #3,041 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #2,442 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1933 | #2,801 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #3,500 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,487 | 5 | 0.0005% |
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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