Edward

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Edward
Gender	Male
Meaning	Rich/blessed guard
Origin	English
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Edward

Edward is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words ead (meaning "rich, blessed") and weard (meaning "guard").

• Proto-Germanic *audwardon
• Old English Ēadweard
• 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

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 (fictional), a vampire from Stephenie Meyer's book series Twilight (novel)
• Edward Winnie-the-Pooh bear
• Edward Rochester, Jane's lover in Jane Eyre
• Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from the anime Cowboy Bebop

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
• Spanish: Eduardo
• Swedish: Edvard
• Russian: Эдуард or Эдвард
• Finnish: Eetu

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