Edward

Edward

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	Rich/blessed guard

Edward is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words ead (meaning "happy" or 'prosperous') and weard (meaning "guard").

• Proto-Germanic *audwardon
• Old English tĒadweard
• Modern English Edward

Short forms include Ed, Edd, Eddie, Eddy, Ned, Neddie, Neddy, Ted, Teddy, Teddie and Ward; all of which may be short for Edward, Edmond or Edmund.

Edward may refer to:

In nobility

• Edward, the Black Prince, the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault
• Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David II
• Edward the Confessor, the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex
• Edward the Elder, the son of Alfred the Great
• Edward the Martyr, English king and Christian martyr
• Edward I of England, the monarch who conquered Wales
• Edward II of England, King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327
• Edward III of England, one of the most successful English kings of medieval times
• Edward IV of England, King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483
• Edward V of England, one of the Princes in the Tower
• Edward VI of England, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the son of Queen Victoria
• Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the son of George V
• Lord Edward FitzGerald, Irish revolutionary
• Lord Edward Jones-Davies, Welsh Legend

In politics

• Edward Dembowski, Polish leftist active in Cracow Uprising in 1846, philosopher and columnist
• Edward Brown, involved in a dispute with the U.S. government
• Edward Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts
• Edward Stettinius, Jr., United States Secretary of State
• Edward Youde, the 26th Governor of Hong Kong

In fiction

• Edward is one of the best known of the Child ballads.
• Edward, fictional platypus from Camp Lazlo
• Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield, the fictional undead on Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse"
• Edward Elric, the main protagonist in the anime/manga series, Fullmetal Alchemist
• Edward Scissorhands, movie directed by Tim Burton and written by Caroline Thompson
• Edward the Blue Engine, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Miles Edward O'Brien, character in the fictional Star Trek universe
• Edward Chris von Muir, "spoony bard" of Final Fantasy IV.
• Edward Cullen, a vampire from Stephenie Meyer's book series Twilight (novel)
• Edward Winnie-the-Pooh bear
• Edward Rochester, Romantic hero and Jane's lover in Jane Eyre
• Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from the anime Cowboy Bebop
• Edward Ferrars, character in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

In other fields

• Edward O'Connor Terry, 19th Century English Actor and Theatre Owner
• Edward Grieg, Norwegian composer
• Edward Hamilton Waldo, American science fiction author
• Edward Higgins, the 3rd General of The Salvation Army
• Edwards syndrome, genetic disorder
• Prince Edward Island, a Canadian province situated in the Maritimes
• Edward Kofler, Polish-Swiss mathematician
• Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter-expressionist
• Edward R. Murrow, an American journalist
• Ned Kelly, an Australian Bushranger
• Edward Harris (disambiguation)
• Harry Edward(s) (disambiguation)
• Ed Farhat, Professional wrestler under the name The Sheik
• Ed Trice, inventor of Gothic Chess

In other languages

• Arab: إدوارد
• Chinese: 愛德華
• Croatian: Eduard
• Dutch: Eduard
• French: Édouard
• German: Eduard
• Greek: Εδουάρδος
• Icelandic: Eðvarður, Játvarður
• Irish: Éamonn
• Italian: Edoardo or Eduardo
• Latin: Eduardus
• Maltese: Dwardu
• Norwegian: Edvard
• Polish: Edward
• Portuguese: Eduardo or Duarte
• Romanian: Eduard
• Spanish: Eduardo
• Swedish: Edvard
• Russian: Эдуард or Эдвард
• Finnish: Eetu