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I adore Edmund and probably will always like it better based on my love of Narnia and of Jane Austen's hero Edmund Bertram in her novel Mansfield Park. Like you I also shy away from Ed and Eddie and since I really love Irish names I have recently fallen in love with Eamon the Gaelic form of Edmund.
Esmond is a really nice alternative too and though I like Edmund better in theory I think that Esmond might work better as a FN in today's society.