At a Glance
- Meaning
- The sedum/stonecrop (houseleek) plant genus
- Origin
- Latin
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- SEE-dum
Sedum is a Latin unisex name meaning “the sedum/stonecrop (houseleek) plant genus”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Sedum
Meaning: The sedum/stonecrop (houseleek) plant genus.
Origin: Latin.
A common claim: Often said to come from Latin sedare, 'to calm' or 'to settle' Actually: That's a folk etymology — Wiktionary traces 'sedum' to the Latin plant name sedum (houseleek) itself, not to the verb sedare.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Sedum
SEE-dumIPA /ˈsiːdəm/
Popularity of Sedum
Sedum doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Sedum
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Similar Names
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