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Eddie (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
/ˈɛdi/

Word/name
  
English

Alternative spelling
  
Eddy

Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
Wealth defender

Variant form(s)
  
Ed, Eddy

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:

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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, Northern Irish Formula One driver
  • Eddie Jones (basketball), basketball player
  • Eddie Jones (rugby union), Australian rugby coach and former player
  • Eddy Koaz (born 1959), Israeli Olympic judoka
  • 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
  • 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

    • Acting

  • 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

    • Fictional characters

  • Eddie Brock, anti-hero also known as Venom
  • Eddie Carr, field researcher from the The Lost World by Michael Crichton
  • Eddie, a dog in the American sitcom Frasier
  • Eddie Dean (The Dark Tower), from The Dark Tower
  • Eddy, a character played by Nico Jouvel in the British web series Corner Shop Show.
  • Eddy Gordo, in the video game series Tekken
  • Eddie Elizabeth Hitler, from the 1990s British comedy show Bottom, played by Adrian Edmondson
  • Eddie Menuek, from the sitcom Friends
  • Eddie Morra, in the 2011 film Limitless
  • Eddie Valiant, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    • Other

  • 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

    • References

    Eddie (given name) Wikipedia
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