Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon form Éadweard, composed of the elements ead "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and weard "guardian, protector".
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 Édouard, Italian Edoardo, German and Dutch Eduard and Scandinavian Edvard. Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy, Woody and Ned. Edward can be abbreviated as Edw.
See also: All pages beginning with "Edward"Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 924), the son of Alfred the GreatEdward the Martyr (c. 962 – 978), English king and Christian martyrSt. Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 1066), English King; patron saint of England until 1348Edward I of England (1239–1307), called Longshanks; conqueror of WalesEdward Balliol (c. 1283 – 1367), pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David IIEdward II of England (1284–1327), deposed in January 1327, probably murderedEdward III of England (1312–1377), one of the most successful English kings of medieval timesEdward, the Black Prince (1330–1376), eldest son of King Edward IIIEdward, Duke of Guelders (1336–1371)Edward IV of England (1442–1483), older brother of Richard III, father of Edward VEdward V of England (1470 – c. 1483), one of the princes in the TowerEdward VI of England (1537–1553), the son of Henry VIII and Jane SeymourNobilityLord Edward FitzGerald (1763–1798), Irish aristocrat and revolutionaryPrince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767–1820), the son of George III, father of Queen VictoriaEdward VII of the United Kingdom (1841–1910), the son of Queen VictoriaEdward VIII of the United Kingdom (1894–1972), the son of George V, abdicatedPrince Edward, Duke of Kent, grandson of George VPrince Edward, Earl of Wessex, the son of Queen Elizabeth IIPoliticiansEdward Dembowski (1822–1846), Polish leftist, philosopher and columnistEdward Stanley Kellogg (1870–1948), 16th Governor of American SamoaEdward Stettinius, Jr. (1900–1949), former United States Secretary of StateEdward Gierek (1913–2001), First Secretary of Polish United Workers Party from 1970 to 1980Edward Heath (1916–2005), former Prime Minister of the United KingdomEdward Youde (1924–1986), 26th Governor of Hong KongEdward Kennedy (1932–2009), better known as Ted Kennedy; former United States senatorEdward L. Romero, entrepreneur and American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra between 1998 and 2001Ed Miliband (born 1969), former leader of the UK Labour PartyArtists and intellectualsEdward Said (1935–2003), Palestinian-American academicEdward Blishen, English authorEd Byrne (academic), Principal of King's College London and former Vice-Chancellor of Monash UniversityEdward Elgar, English composer with Anglo-Saxon first and last namesEdward Grimes, one of the two members of Irish pop duo JedwardEdward Hopper (1882–1967), American realist painterEdward Daniel Leahy, Irish painterEdward Barker (cartoonist), English cartoonist who signed his drawings simply as EdwardEdward Gould, English animator and creator of EddsworldEdward John David "Eddie" Redmayne (born 1982), Academy Award winning English actorEdward Christopher Sheeran, English singer-songwriter and musicianEdward Gorey, American illustratorSportsEd Gainey (Canadian football), American player of Canadian footballEd HodgkissEd Hochuli (born 1950), NFL OfficialEdward Lawrence Levy, English world champion weightlifterEd Mieszkowski (1925–2004), American football playerEdward Weitz (born 1946), Israeli Olympic weightlifterOtherEdward Brown (born 1942), involved in a tax dispute with the U.S. governmentEdward Snowden (born 1983), American who disclosed National Security Agency secretsEdward J. Steimel (1922–2016), American columnist, political activist, and lobbyistEdward Douglas (1901–1967), Scottish Roman CatholicEdward Rohan Amerasekera (1916-1974), first indigenous Commander of the Sri Lanka Air ForceJohn Edward, professional name of John Edward McGee, Jr. (born 1969), American self-proclaimed psychicEd, Edd n Eddy, television show, as well as main characters thereofEdward, fictional platypus from Camp LazloEdward, a character in Fire Emblem: Radiant DawnEdward AKA: DEATH, a main character and assassin from the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter seriesEdward Bear, mock "formal" name for a teddy bear—another name for Winnie-the-PoohEdward the Blue Engine, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and FriendsEddie Brock, Marvel Comics character in some notable Spider-Man storiesEdward Cullen, the vampire love-interest in the fantasy/romance novels of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight SeriesEdward Elric, the protagonist in the anime/manga series, Fullmetal AlchemistEdward Ferrars, character in Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEdward Elizabeth Hitler, a character from BottomEdward Hyde, the title character's evil alter ego in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonEdward James Kenway, the protagonist of Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagEdward Mars, the shipwrecked marshal in LostEdward "Whitebeard" Newgate, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates in One PieceEdward Nigma, The Riddler, Batman villainEdward Richtofen, a sociopathic German scientist from Call of Duty: World at War and appears in the Nazi Zombies mode as well as in Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops IIEdward Rochester, the love interest of Jane in Jane EyreEdward Scissorhands, movie directed by Tim Burton and written by Caroline Thompson, and its title characterEdward "Stubbs" Stubblefield, the fictional undead from the Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse video gameEdward "Blackbeard" Teach, fantasy version of an historical figure of the same name, in the fourth "Jack Sparrow" movie, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesEdward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV, a wild little girl from the anime Cowboy BebopEdward Chris von Muir, "spoony bard" of Final Fantasy IVMister Ed, the talking horse, from the television series (1958-1966) of the same name