Fun Facts About the Name Edmar
- 174 babies named Edmar: U.S. records list 174 babies given the name Edmar from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Edmar Mean?
Edmar is a masculine name usually explained as a Germanic compound meaning "wealthy and famous," built from the elements aud- "wealth, riches" and -mērijaz "famous, renowned." That same pairing of ideas survives in two related traditions: the Old English name Eadmer, from ead "wealth, prosperity" and mǣre "famous," and the continental Germanic Otmar, also recorded as Audomar and known in French as Omer. The English-style spelling with Ed- sits closer to the Old English forms than to the continental ones.
Whether every modern Edmar descends from one of those older names is not settled. Edmar also fits the pattern of recent names built on the short element Ed-, as in Edward, Edgar, Edmund, and Edvin, and in Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Portuguese, and Spanish-speaking use, including Brazil and the Philippines, it may have been formed or reshaped independently. The literal sense of the older Germanic forms is "wealth" plus "fame"; in ordinary use the name carries little more than that general idea of prosperity and renown.
Edmar Name History & Origins
The earliest well-documented form behind the name is Eadmer, an Old English name in use in Anglo-Saxon England. Its best-known bearer is Eadmer of Canterbury, who died around 1124 and wrote a life of Saint Anselm. On the European mainland the same elements produced Audomar and Otmar: Saint Audomar, a seventh-century bishop of Thérouanne in northern France, gave his name to the town of Saint-Omer, and Saint Otmar was the ninth-century abbot of Saint Gall in Switzerland. The French Omer and the German Otmar continue that continental line.
Edmar itself belongs to modern naming in the Netherlands, Germany, Scandinavia, Portugal and Brazil, Spanish-speaking countries, and the Philippines. Its initial Ed- links it to the large family of English and Germanic names beginning with that element, and this is the form now in general use rather than Eadmer or Otmar.
How Popular is the Name Edmar?
Edmar 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 2005. Its best rank was #5,657 in 2005.
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 | #9,975 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #11,262 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #12,863 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,004 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #9,079 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #8,322 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #9,947 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #11,187 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #12,801 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #9,133 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #9,866 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #5,657 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #9,205 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #11,393 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #11,182 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #8,564 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #9,033 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,823 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #7,523 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #7,365 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1995 | #9,267 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #8,072 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #7,736 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,504 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #7,252 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #6,659 | 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 Edmar Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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