# Edvard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/edvard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 16 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 17, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 9,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,824 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,033 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |

## People named Edvard

- Edvard Beneš, Czechoslovak politician (1884-1948)
- Edvard Westermarck, Finnish academic (1862–1939)
- Edvard Mirzoyan, Armenian composer of Georgian birth (1921-2012)
- Edvard Brandes, Danish politician, critic and author (1847-1931)
- Edvard August Vainio, Finnish botanist (1853-1929)
- Edvard Gylling, Finnish politician, soviet statesman
- Edvard Ehlers, Danish dermatologist (1863-1937)
- Edvard Lasota, Czech soccer player, soccer representant and soccer coach
- Edvard Isto, Finnish painter (1865-1905)
- Edvard Helsted, Danish violinist and composer (1816–1900)
- Edvard Valpas-Hänninen, Finnish politician and journalist (1873–1937)
- Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, Danish art historian (1945–2023)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.