Origin
Admire : Americanized form of an unidentified German surname possibly South German or Austrian Ettmayer or Edmaier which is a topographic name for a farmer living near or on previously uncultivated land from the noun Ed ‘uncultivated land’ + mayer meyer ‘farmer’; see Meyer. Alternatively it may be an Americanized form of North German Erdmeier literally ‘earth farmer’.
Edberg : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + berg ‘mountain hill’.
Edden : English (Midlands and northern England): from the Middle English personal name Ed (a pet form of Edgar Edward or Edwin all beginning with the Old English element ēad ‘prosperity’ with the characteristically West Midland genitival suffix -en). This surname has a long association with Brailes in Warwickshire.
Edery : Jewish (from North Africa): habitational name for someone from the valley of the Draa river in southern Morocco composed of the vernacular Arabic definite article el (that turns to ed before a word starting in d) + Draa + the Arabic suffix -i (written with y) used to create gentilics (demonyms).
Edgren : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + gren ‘branch’.
Edholm : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + holm ‘small island’.
Edin : 1: Swedish: ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element ed ‘passage isthmus’ + the adjectival suffix -in a derivative of Latin -in(i)us ‘relating to’.2: English (London): variant of Eden.3: French: from a pet form of the ancient Germanic personal name Edhard composed of the elements e(i)d ‘oath’ + hard ‘hardy brave strong’. Alternatively a variant of Hedin 2.
Edkins : English (Warwickshire): usually from the Middle English personal name Edkin a pet form of Ed (a short form of Edmund or Edward) with genitival or excrescent -s. Alternatively the name may sometimes be a variant of Atkins or more likely an altered form through confusion with Adkins Atkins.
Edling : 1: German: status name derived from Middle High German edel ‘noble’ (see Edelman).2: Swedish: ornamental name from an altered form of ädling ‘nobleman’ or an ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element ed ‘passage isthmus’ + the suffix -ling ‘belonging to’.3: English (Leicestershire): variant of Edlin. This surname is very rare in Britain.
Edlund : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + lund ‘grove’.
Edman : 1: English (Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Ed(e)man occasionally Ad(e)man (Old English Ēadmann from ēad ‘prosperity’ + mann ‘man’). Alternatively a variant of Edmond. In Middle English Edmund (also occasionally found as Admund) was probably sometimes confused with Edman and Adman and the resulting surnames were almost certainly interchangeable in post-medieval times.2: Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘isthmus’ + man ‘man’.
Edquist : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + quist an old or ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’.
Edstrom : Swedish (Edström): ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘passage isthmus’ (probably from a placename) + ström ‘stream current’.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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