Edward is an English male given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name Ēadweard, composed of the elements ēad "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and weard "guardian, protector”.
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes.[1] The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son, the future Edward I, as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor, for whom Henry had a deep admiration.[2]
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^Jones, Dan (March 25, 2014). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Penguin Books. p. 241. ISBN978-0143124924.
^Jones, Dan (March 25, 2014). The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England. Penguin Books. pp. 241–242. ISBN978-0143124924.
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January 30, 2023
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For other uses see Edward disambiguation Edward is an English male given name It is derived from the Anglo Saxon name Eadweard composed of the elements ead wealth fortune prosperous and weard guardian protector EdwardEdward I King of EnglandPronunciation ˈ ɛ d w er d Polish ˈedvart German ˈedvart GenderMaleOriginWord nameOld English EadweardMeaningead Riches Prosperous or Fortune and weard Guardian or Protector Other namesRelated namesEduard Edouard Eduardo Edvard Edvardr Eduardas Edvardas Eddie Ed Edd Ned Ted Ward Woody Contents 1 History 2 Variant forms 3 People called Edward 3 1 Medieval 3 2 Modern 3 2 1 Royalty and nobility 3 2 2 Politicians 3 2 3 Artists and intellectuals 3 2 4 Sports 3 2 5 Other people 4 People surnamed Edward 5 Fictional characters 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory EditThe name Edward was very popular in Anglo Saxon England but the rule of the Norman and Plantagenet dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes 1 The popularity of the name was revived when Henry III named his firstborn son the future Edward I as part of his efforts to promote a cult around Edward the Confessor for whom Henry had a deep admiration 2 Variant forms Edit Look up Edward Translations in Wiktionary the free dictionary The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century due to Edward King of Portugal whose mother was English The Spanish Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and Duarte Other variant forms include French Edouard Italian Edoardo and Odoardo German Dutch Czech and Romanian Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard Short forms include Ed Eddy Eddie Ted Teddy and Ned People called Edward EditMedieval Edit Further information Saint Edward disambiguation Duarte disambiguation and Prince Edward disambiguation Edward the Elder c 874 924 the son of Alfred the Great Edward the Martyr c 962 978 English king and Christian martyr Edward the Confessor c 1003 1066 English King patron saint of England until 1348 Edward I of England 1239 1307 called Longshanks conqueror of Wales Edward Balliol c 1283 1367 pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David II Edward II of England 1284 1327 deposed in January 1327 probably murdered Edward III of England 1312 1377 English king Edward the Black Prince 1330 1376 eldest son of King Edward III Edward Duke of Guelders 1336 1371 Edward IV of England 1442 1483 older brother of Richard III father of Edward V Edward V of England 1470 c 1483 one of the princes in the TowerModern Edit Royalty and nobility Edit Edward VI of England 1537 1553 the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour Edward Count Palatine of Simmern 1625 1663 Count Palatine Prince Edward Duke of York and Albany 1739 1767 brother of George III Lord Edward FitzGerald 1763 1798 Irish aristocrat and revolutionary Prince Edward Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1767 1820 the son of George III father of Queen Victoria Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar 1823 1902 son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe Weimar Eisenach Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar 1827 1904 wife of Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar Edward VII of the United Kingdom 1841 1910 the son of Queen Victoria Lord Edward Cecil 1867 1918 son of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Edward VIII of the United Kingdom 1894 1972 the son of George V abdicated Prince Edward Duke of Kent born 1935 grandson of George V Prince Edward Earl of Wessex and Forfar born 1964 the son of Queen Elizabeth II Lady Edward Manners born 1975 wife of Lord Edward Manners and daughter in law of the 10th Duke of Rutland Edward Windsor Lord Downpatrick born 1988 the grandson of The Duke of KentPoliticians Edit Edward Dickinson Baker 1811 1861 was an American politician lawyer and military leader close friend of Abraham Lincoln Edward Dembowski 1822 1846 Polish leftist philosopher and columnist Edward Gierek 1913 2001 First Secretary of Polish United Workers Party from 1970 to 1980 Edward Heath 1916 2005 former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Jayetileke Chief Justice of Sri Lanka from 1950 to 1952 Edward Stanley Kellogg 1870 1948 16th Governor of American Samoa former United States senator Edward Ted M Kennedy 1932 2009 American politician lawyer and senator Kennedy family member Edward M Kennedy Jr born 1961 American politician and lawyer son of Ted Kennedy Ed Miliband born 1969 British politician former leader of the Labour Party Ed Murray born 1955 Democratic politician and former Mayor of Seattle Edward Nothnagle 1866 1938 Pennsylvania State Representative Edward Alexander Nugawela 1898 1972 Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and army major Edward L Romero entrepreneur and American diplomat who served as the U S Ambassador to Spain and Andorra between 1998 and 2001 Edward Stettinius Jr 1900 1949 United States Secretary of State Edward L Stokes 1880 1964 U S Congressman from Pennsylvania Edward Maria Wingfield 1550 1631 English colonist and soldier Edward Youde 1924 1986 26th Governor of Hong KongArtists and intellectuals Edit Edward Asare born 1993 Ghanaian Blogger and a Digital Marketing Professional Edward Barker English cartoonist who signed his drawings simply as Edward Edward Blishen English author Ed Byrne academic Principal of King s College London and former Vice Chancellor of Monash University Edward Duyker born 1955 Australian historian Edward Elgar 1857 1934 English composer Edward Gamble English comedian Edward Gibbons English musician Edward Gorey American illustrator Edward Gould 1988 2012 English animator and creator of Eddsworld Edward Grimes one of the two members of Irish pop duo Jedward Edward Hopper 1882 1967 American realist painter Edward Jayakody born 1952 Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer Edward Killy American filmmaker Edward Daniel Leahy Irish painter Edward MacDowell 1860 1908 American composer and pianist Edward Norton born 1969 American actor Edward Platt 1916 1974 American actor Edward G Robinson 1893 1973 Romanian American actor Edward John David Eddie Redmayne born 1982 English actor Edward Said 1935 2003 Palestinian American academic Ed Sheeran English singer songwriter and musician Edward van de Vendel Dutch author of children s literature Edward Eddie Van Halen 1955 2020 Dutch American musician Eddie Vedder American singer musician songwriter Edward W Hardy born 1992 American composer musician and producerSports Edit Edward Scott Bozek 1950 2022 American Olympic epee fencer Edward Fatu 1973 2009 American professional wrestler better known as Umaga member of Anoa i family Ed Gainey Canadian football American player of Canadian football Eddie Guerrero 1967 2005 American professional wrestler Ed Hochuli born 1950 NFL official Ed Hodgkiss born 1970 American football coach Edward Lawrence Levy English world champion weightlifter Ed Mieszkowski 1925 2004 American football player Ed Orgeron born 1961 American football coach Edward Pratt British long distance unicyclist Edward Weitz born 1946 Israeli Olympic weightlifterOther people Edit Edward H White II 1930 1967 American astronaut Edward Allaway born 1939 American mass murderer who perpetrated the 1976 California State University Fullerton massacre Edward Rohan Amerasekera 1916 1974 first indigenous Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force Edward Harold Bell 1939 2019 American sex offender and murderer Edward Brown born 1942 American involved in a tax dispute with the U S government Edward Douglas bishop 1901 1967 Scottish Roman Catholic Edward Edwards disambiguation several people Edward F Fritsch born 1950 American scientist Edward Ed Gein 1906 1984 American murderer and suspected serial killer Edward Lagrone 1957 2004 American serial killer and rapist Edward Kmiec 1936 2020 American Catholic bishop Edward Baker Lincoln 1846 1850 second son of Abraham Lincoln Edward Mosberg 1926 2022 Polish American Holocaust survivor educator and philanthropist Edward Playfair British businessman Edward Porta born 1954 Argentinian former textile trader Edward Snowden born 1983 American who disclosed National Security Agency secrets Edward Smith disambiguation several peoplePeople surnamed Edward EditJohn Edward professional name of John Edward McGee Jr born 1969 American self proclaimed psychic Trevelyan Edward 1938 1995 Sri Lankan cricketerFictional characters EditEd Edd n Eddy television show as well as main characters thereof Edward fictional platypus from Camp Lazlo Edward in Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn Edward AKA DEATH a main character and assassin from the Anita Blake Vampire Hunter series Edward Bear mock formal name for a teddy bear another name for Winnie the Pooh Edward the Blue Engine from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Eddie Brock a character from Marvel Comics the best known incarnation of Venom Edward Bunnigus in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary Edward Cullen the vampire love interest in the fantasy romance novels of Stephenie Meyer s Twilight Series Edward Elric the protagonist in the anime manga series Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Ferrars in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Edward Gardner in the 1997 French American fantasy drama movie FairyTale A True Story Edward Ted Hasting from British TV series Line of Duty Edward Elizabeth Hitler a character from British TV series Bottom Edward Hyde the title character s evil alter ego in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Edward James Kenway a character from the Assassin s Creed video game franchise appearing as the protagonist of Assassin s Creed IV Black Flag Edward Mars the shipwrecked marshal in American TV series Lost Edward Whitebeard Newgate the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates in the One Piece manga series Edward Nigma aka The Riddler a supervillain from DC Comics Edward Richtofen a sociopathic German scientist from Call of Duty World at War appears in the Nazi Zombies mode as well as in Call of Duty Black Ops and Call of Duty Black Ops II Edward Fairfax Rochester the love interest of Jane in Jane Eyre Edward Scissorhands title character of the eponymous film Edward Stubbs Stubblefield the fictional undead from the Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse video game Edward Blackbeard Teach fictionalized versions of the historical figure of the same name from various media Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from the anime Cowboy Bebop Edward Chris von Muir spoony bard from Final Fantasy IV Ed Norton a character played by Art Carney in American sitcom The Honeymooners Mister Ed the talking horse from the television series of the same name Edward the Butler played by Lachlan Walker in the web series Corner Shop ShowSee also EditAll pages with titles beginning with Edward Edwards surname References Edit Jones Dan March 25 2014 The Plantagenets The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England Penguin Books p 241 ISBN 978 0143124924 Jones Dan March 25 2014 The Plantagenets The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England Penguin Books pp 241 242 ISBN 978 0143124924 This page or section lists people that share the same given name If an internal link led you here you may wish to change that link to point 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