THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Eddie
Eddie is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Eddie Monteclaro, Eddie Romero. This snapshot links the name to 14 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
A diminutive of the male given names Edward, Edgar, and Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-; variant form Eddy.
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People with the name Eddie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Eddie Romero
Filipino screenwriter and film director (1924–2013)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
15
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
14
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Eddie Monteclaro, Eddie Romero
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Eddie in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Eddie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Edgie♂From English
- Audie♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Bodie·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Edda·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Eddy·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Edil·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Edric♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Edris·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Eddie?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Eddie
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q430699 — Eddie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Eddie Monteclaro (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q430699 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Eddie Romero (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q430699 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Eddie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.