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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old English personal name Ēadmann (unattested), meaning ‘prosperity man’. Compare Edmond.
  • Scandinavian : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘isthmus’ + man ‘man’.

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