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Edson

boy name · English origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

son of Ede (English surname); famously the given name of Pelé, born Edson Arantes do Nascimento and named after Thomas Edison

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1930s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Edson peaked in the 1930s.

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