Edges: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Edges families will find their roots under Edge, the form most records use. Name scholars give the meaning as “Edge of a hill”.

• The extra ending in Edges is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Edge's family.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Family crest and blazon

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Edge surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Edges surname pack.