The baby name Egon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈeɪɡən/ (English: AY-gən); [ˈeːɡɔn] (German: EH-gohn).
Egon is Germanic in Origin.
The baby name Egon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈeɪɡən/ (English: AY-gən); [ˈeːɡɔn] (German: EH-gohn).
Egon is Germanic in Origin.
Egon is a Germanic given name deriving from the element eg/agi “edge, blade (of a sword), point.” It arose as a short form of compound names beginning with Eg-/Ag-, such as Eginhard (Einhard) and Egbert, and through the medieval hypocoristic Egino. The core sense evokes sharpness and martial prowess, hence readings like “sword’s edge” or “warrior of the blade.”
Documented in medieval Germany - note Saint Egino of Augsburg - the name later found steady use in German-speaking and Central European countries, with a 20th‑century boost via figures like Austrian painter Egon Schiele and German statesman Egon Bahr; it is also familiar in Denmark and other Scandinavian languages. Variants and related forms include Egino (medieval Latinized), Egil (Old Norse cognate), and regional spellings that keep Egon unchanged across German, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, and Hungarian. Not to be confused with Irish Egan, which has a separate Gaelic origin.
| Egon Krenz Egon Krenz is best known as the last Communist leader of East Germany in 1989. He took over from Erich Honecker as head of the Socialist Unity Party, but resigned just weeks later as the Berlin Wall fell during the Revolutions of 1989. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 2023 | #1 | — | 430 |
| NA | 0 | #32 | 2 | 2,537 | |
| EE | 0 | #36 | 2 | 1,051 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| SI | 0 | #78 | 3 | 1,612 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #100 | 26 | 2,087 |
| HU | 0 | #115 | 1 | 1,675 | |
| EC | 0 | #121 | 1 | 2,502 | |
| Switzerland | Boys | 2024 | #136 | 2 | 1,769 |
| RS | Boys | 0 | #154 | 1 | 2,277 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #159 | 16 | 3,954 |
| CR | 0 | #164 | 2 | 5,526 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2022 | #168 | 15 | 1,509 |
| HR | 0 | #179 | 3 | 2,081 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #183 | 27 | 3,402 |
| CZ | 0 | #185 | 2 | 3,154 | |
| Austria | 0 | #195 | 19 | 850 | |
| DK | 0 | #202 | 5 | 5,198 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #202 | 133 | 7,401 |
| PL | 0 | #212 | 1 | 2,600 | |
| Austria | Boys | 0 | #218 | 273 | 2,180 |
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 4,970 |
| Belgium | Boys | 1997 | #229 | 21 | 444 |
| IR | 0 | #230 | 2 | 4,221 | |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #232 | 27 | 3,997 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #250 | 4 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #256 | 1 | 7,111 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #287 | 18 | 6,530 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #293 | 1 | 6,876 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 7,909 |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #320 | 16 | 6,459 |
| BR | 0 | #334 | 12 | 5,969 | |
| CZ | Girls | 0 | #351 | 1 | 5,378 |
| PL | Girls | 0 | #364 | 1 | 5,096 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| NL | 0 | #379 | 13 | 2,481 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #380 | 2 | 7,951 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #381 | 7 | 2,865 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #412 | 2 | 5,922 |
| Germany | 0 | #416 | 22 | 2,542 | |
| Finland | Boys | 0 | #417 | 11 | 2,041 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #424 | 730 | 5,697 |
| CL | 0 | #427 | 8 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| ZA | 0 | #467 | 8 | 14,421 | |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #479 | 5 | 7,628 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #483 | 192 | 13,390 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| CO | 0 | #510 | 1 | 7,768 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #531 | 22 | 10,162 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #560 | 2 | 10,655 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #567 | 190 | 12,213 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #620 | 3 | 9,244 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 5 | 10,983 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #643 | 40 | 3,552 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| LB | 0 | #690 | 1 | 13,263 | |
| IT | 0 | #693 | 22 | 4,183 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #785 | 167 | 5,873 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #826 | 13 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2023 | #894 | 5 | 7,053 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #920 | 7 | 14,506 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #921 | 10 | 5,610 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #975 | 7 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #997 | 5 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,031 | 3 | 16,355 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,073 | 407 | 10,046 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,102 | 10 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,139 | 40 | 25,619 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,252 | 3 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
Egon is popular in 59 countries — most recent births per country:
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