Eddie (given name)

Eddie

Pronunciation	/ˈɛdi/
Gender	Unisex
Origin
Word/name	English
Meaning	Wealth defender
Other names
Alternative spelling	Eddy
Variant form(s)	Ed, Eddy
Related names	Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, Edsel

Eddie or Eddy is a diminutive for Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edsel or Edwin. It is also occasionally used as a given name on its own and may refer to:

Sports

• Eddie Aikau (1946-1978), American surfer
• Eddie Charlton (1929-2004), Australian snooker and billiards player
• Eddie Charlton (1988-), English squash player
• Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
• Eddy Curry, American professional basketballer
• Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, British ski jumper
• Eddie Elder, American football player
• Eddie Fatu (1973-2009), Samoan-American wrestler
• Eddie Foster (born 1954), American football player
• Eddie Guardado, American baseball closer
• Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005), Mexican-American professional wrestler
• Eddie Irvine, British Formula One driver
• Eddie Jones (basketball), basketball player
• Eddie Jones (rugby union), Australian rugby coach and former player
• Eddy Merckx, retired Belgian professional cyclist
• Eddie Miles, American footbal player
• Eddie O'Sullivan, head coach of Irish rugby team
• Eddie Price, Tulane University Green Wave and NFL running back

Music

• Eddy Arnold, American singer and musician
• Eddie Cochran, American rockabilly musician
• Eddy Grant, reggae musician
• Eddie "Evil Eddie" Jacobson, frontman for Australian band Butterfingers
• Eddie McGuire, Australian television presenter and businessman
• Eddie Money, American rock musician
• Eddie Morton, rag-time singer
• Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and songwriter
• Eddie Vedder, frontman of the band Pearl Jam
• Eddie the Head, mascot of the band Iron Maiden

Television

• Eddie Cibrian, Cuban-American actor
• Eddie Izzard, British stand-up comedian and actor
• Eddie Murphy, African-American comedian and actor
• Eddie Paskey, U.S. actor primarily known for his mostly uncredited role as "Lieutenant Leslie" in Star Trek

Fiction

• Eddie Brock, the anti-hero also known as Venom
• Eddie Carr, field researcher from the The Lost World by Michael Crichton
• Eddie Crane, canine character in the American sitcom Frazier
• Eddie Dean (The Dark Tower), character from The Dark Tower
• Eddy Gordo, character in the video game series Tekken
• Eddie Elizabeth Hitler, character from the farcical 90s British comedy show Bottom, played by Adrian Edmondson
• Eddie Menuek, character from the sitcom Friends
• Eddie Morra, a character in the 2011 film Limitless
• Eddie Valiant, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Other

• Eddie is the mascot of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden
• Eddie Charlton (1948-) English banker
• Eddie Price III, Louisiana elected official
• Eddie Rickenbacker, Allied World War I flying ace, credited with shooting down more enemy planes than any other American pilot during that conflict