# Eady (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/eady/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname from Middle English or Scots.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,992 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,299 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 77,341 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (3,719 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Eaddy, Eadie, Eddie, Eddy, Edie |

## Etymology

From the Middle English and Scots given name Edy.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eady in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eady in the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Eady

- Dorothy Eady, British-Egyptian egyptologist (1904-1981)
- Charles Eady, Australian cricketer (1870-1945)

## Similar surnames

Eddy, Eaddy, Eudy, Eadie, Eade, Eide, Eid, Eddie, Edie.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.