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

Eddy Merckx, 5 time Tour de France Champ (cyclist)

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

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