Editing Edward

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{{Infobox given name
| name = Edward
| image = Edward I - Westminster Abbey Sedilia.jpg
| caption= [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], [[King of England]]
| pronunciation= {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|d|w|ər|d}}<br>{{IPA|pl|ˈedvart|lang}}<br>{{IPA|de|ˈedvart|lang}}
| gender = Male
| meaning = ''[[wikt:ead#Old English|ēad]]'' "Riches", "Prosperous" or "Fortune" and ''[[wikt:weard#Old English|weard]]'' "Guardian" or "Protector"
| region = 
| origin = [[Old English]]: ''Ēadweard''
| related names =[[Eduard (name)|Eduard]], [[Édouard]], [[Edoardo]], [[Edvard]], [[Eðvarðr]], [[Eduardas]], [[Edvardas]],[[Eduardo]], [[Eddie (given name)|Eddie]], [[Ed (disambiguation)|Ed]], [[Edd (disambiguation)|Edd]], [[Edith]], [[Duarte (surname)|Duarte]],
[[Ned (given name)|Ned]], [[Odoardo]], [[Ted (disambiguation)|Ted]], [[Ward (given name)|Ward]], [[Woody (name)|Woody]]
| footnotes = 
}}
'''Edward''' is an [[English language|English]] male name. It is derived from the [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements ''[[wikt:ead#Old English|ēad]]'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and ''[[wikt:weard#Old English|weard]]'' "guardian, protector”.

==History==
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Saxon England, but the rule of the [[House of Normandy|Norman]] and [[House of Plantagenet|Plantagenet]] dynasties had effectively ended its use amongst the upper classes.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England|first1=Dan|last1=Jones|author-link=Dan Jones (writer)|date=March 25, 2014|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0143124924|page=241}}</ref> The popularity of the name was revived when [[Henry III of England|Henry III]] named his firstborn son, the future [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], as part of his efforts to promote a cult around [[Edward the Confessor]], for whom Henry had a deep admiration.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England|first1=Dan|last1=Jones|author-link=Dan Jones (writer)|date=March 25, 2014|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0143124924|pages=241–242}}</ref>

==Variant forms==
{{wiktionary|Edward#Translations}}
The name has been adopted in the [[Iberian Peninsula#Modern Iberia|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 (name)|Duarte]]. Other variant forms include French [[Édouard]], Italian [[Edoardo]] and [[Odoardo]], German, Dutch, Czech and Romanian [[Eduard (name)|Eduard]] and Scandinavian [[Edvard]].
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* [[Breton language|Breton]]: Edouarzh
* [[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 愛德華 (Àidéhuá), 愛華德 (Àihuádé)
* [[Estonian language|Estonian]]: Eedo
* [[Finnish language|Finnish]]: Eetu
* [[Fijian language|Fijian]]: Etuate
* [[Frisian languages|Frisian]]: Edzard
* [[Greek language|Greek]]: Εδουάρδος (Edouárdos)
* [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]: Ekewaka
* [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]]: Eðvarð, Eðvarður, Játvarður
* [[Irish language|Irish]]: Éadbhard, Éamonn, Éamon
* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]: エドワード (Edowādo)
* [[Kannada language|Kannada]]: ಎಡ್ವರ್ಡ್ (Eḍvarḍ)
* [[Korean language|Korean]]: 에드워드 (Edeuwodeu)
* [[Low German]]: Eide, Eido
* [[Scottish Gaelic language|Scottish Gaelic]]: Eideard, Eudard
* [[Spanish language|Spanish]]: Eduardo, Lalo
* [[Swedish language|Swedish]]: Edvard
* [[Thai language|Thai]]: เอ็ดเวิร์ด (Xĕd weir̒d)
* [[Welsh language|Welsh]]: Edwart
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Short forms include  <!--Please do not write Edwin here. See the article Edwin for more info.--> Ed, Eddy, Eddie,  Ted, Teddy and Ned.

==People called Edward==
=== Medieval ===
{{further|Saint Edward (disambiguation)|Duarte (disambiguation)|Prince Edward (disambiguation)}}
* [[Edward the Elder]] (c. 874–924), the son of Alfred the Great
* [[Edward the Martyr]] (c. 962–978), English king and Christian martyr
* [[Edward the Confessor]] (c. 1003–1066), English King; patron saint of England until 1348
* [[Edward I of England]] (1239–1307), called Longshanks; conqueror of Wales
* [[Edward Balliol]] (c. 1283–1367), pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David II
* [[Edward II of England]] (1284–1327), deposed in January 1327, probably murdered
* [[Edward III of England]] (1312–1377), English king
* [[Edward, the Black Prince]] (1330–1376), eldest son of King Edward III
* [[Edward, Duke of Guelders]] (1336–1371) 
* [[Edward IV of England]] (1442–1483), older brother of Richard III, father of Edward V
* [[Edward V of England]] (1470–c. 1483), one of the princes in the Tower

===Modern===
====Royalty and nobility====
* [[Edward VI of England]] (1537–1553), the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
* [[Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern]] (1625–1663), Count Palatine
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany]] (1739–1767), brother of George III
* [[Lord Edward FitzGerald]] (1763–1798), Irish aristocrat and revolutionary
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]] (1767–1820), the son of George III, father of Queen Victoria
* [[Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar]] (1823–1902), son of Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
* [[Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar]] (1827–1904), wife of Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
* [[Edward VII|Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (1841–1910), the son of Queen Victoria
* [[Lord Edward Cecil]] (1867–1918), son of the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
* [[Edward VIII|Edward VIII of the United Kingdom]] (1894–1972), the son of George V, abdicated
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] (born 1935), grandson of George V
* [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]] (born 1964), the son of Queen Elizabeth II
* [[Lady Edward Manners]] (born 1975), wife of Lord Edward Manners and daughter-in-law of the 10th Duke of Rutland
* [[Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick]] (born 1988), the grandson of The Duke of Kent

====Politicians====
* [[Edward D. Baker]] (1811–1861), American politician, lawyer, and military leader, close friend of Abraham Lincoln
* [[Edward Butcher]], American politician
* [[W. Edward Crockett]], American politician from Maine
* [[Edward Dembowski]] (1822–1846), Polish leftist, philosopher and columnist
* [[Edward Gierek]] (1913–2001), First Secretary of Polish United Workers Party from 1970 to 1980
* [[Edward Heath]] (1916–2005), British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
* [[Edward Jayetileke]], [[Chief Justice of Sri Lanka]] from 1950 to 1952
* [[Edward Stanley Kellogg]] (1870–1948), 16th Governor of American Samoa, former United States senator
* [[Ted Kennedy|Edward "Ted" M. Kennedy]] (1932–2009), American politician, lawyer, and senator, Kennedy family member
* [[Edward John Lampron]] (1909–1983), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
* [[Edward M. Kennedy Jr.]] (born 1961), American politician and lawyer, son of Ted Kennedy
* [[Ed Miliband]] (born 1969), British politician, former leader of the Labour Party
* [[Edward Joy Morris]] (1815-1881), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
* [[Ed Murray (Washington politician)|Ed Murray]] (born 1955), Democratic politician and former Mayor of Seattle
* [[Edward Nothnagle]] (1866–1938), Pennsylvania State Representative
* [[E. A. Nugawela|Edward Alexander Nugawela]] (1898–1972), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician and army major
* [[Edward Polewarczyk]], American politician
* [[Ed Ra|Edward "Ed" Ra]], American politician
* [[Edward L. Romero]], entrepreneur and American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra between 1998 and 2001
* [[Edward Stettinius Jr.]] (1900–1949), United States Secretary of State
* [[Edward L. Stokes]] (1880–1964), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
* [[Edward Maria Wingfield]] (1550–1631), English colonist and soldier
* [[Edward Youde]] (1924–1986), 26th Governor of Hong Kong

====Artists and intellectuals====
* [[Edward Asare]] (born 1993), Ghanaian blogger, influencer, and digital marketer
* [[Edward Baranoski]]
* [[Edward Barker (cartoonist)|Edward Barker]] (1950–1997), English cartoonist who signed his drawings simply as Edward
* [[Edward Blishen]] (1920–1996), English author
* [[Ed Byrne (neuroscientist)]] (born 1952), British neuroscientist and university administrator
* [[Edward Duyker]] (born 1955), Australian historian
* [[Edward Elgar]] (1857–1934), English composer
* [[Ed Gamble|Edward Gamble]] (born 1986), English comedian
* [[Edward Gibbons]], English choirmaster and composer
* [[Edward Gorey]] (1925–2000), American illustrator
* [[Edd Gould|Edward Gould]] (1988–2012), English animator and creator of Eddsworld
* [[Edvard Grieg]] (1842-1907), Norwegian classical music composer
* Edward Grimes, one of the two members of Irish pop duo [[Jedward]]
* [[Edward Grochowicz]] (1939–2014), Polish photographer
* [[Edward Thomas Hardy]], English actor, better known as Tom Hardy
* [[Edward W. Hardy]] (born 1992), American composer, musician, and producer
* [[Edward Hopper]] (1882–1967), American realist painter
* [[Edward Jayakody]] (born 1952), Sri Lankan Sinhala musician and composer
* [[Edward Killy]], American filmmaker
* [[Edward Daniel Leahy]], Irish painter
* [[Edward MacDowell]] (1860–1908), American composer and pianist
* [[Edward Maya]], Romanian singer, record producer and DJ
* [[Ed McClanahan|Edward McClanahan]] (1932-2021), American professor
* [[E. Coppée Mitchell|Edward Coppée Mitchell]] (1836-1886), American lawyer and educator
* [[Edvard Munch]] (1863-1944), Norwegian painter
* [[Edward Norton]] (born 1969), American actor
* [[Edward Platt]] (1916–1974), American actor
* [[Eddie Redmayne|Edward John David "Eddie" Redmayne]] (born 1982), English actor
* [[Edward Ayearst Reeves]] (1862–1945), British geographer
* [[Edward G. Robinson]], (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor
* [[Edward Said]] (1935–2003), Palestinian-American academic
* [[Sexmane|Edward Sene]] (born 2000), Finnish artist
* [[Ed Sheeran]], English singer-songwriter and musician
* [[Ed Speleers]], English actor
* [[Edward van de Vendel]], Dutch author of children's literature
* [[Eddie Van Halen|Edward "Eddie" Van Halen]] (1955–2020), Dutch-American musician
* [[Eddie Vedder]], American singer, musician, songwriter

====Sports====
* [[Edward Bozek]] (1950–2022), American Olympic épée fencer
* Edward Fatu (1973–2009), American professional wrestler better known as [[Umaga (wrestler)|Umaga]], member of [[Anoaʻi family]]
* [[Ed Gainey (Canadian football)]], American player of Canadian football
* [[Eddie Guerrero]] (1967–2005), American professional wrestler
* [[Ed Hochuli]] (born 1950), NFL official
* [[Ed Hodgkiss]] (born 1970), American football coach
* [[Edward Lawrence Levy]], English world champion weightlifter
* [[Edward Meron]] (born 1938), Arab-Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* [[Ed Mieszkowski]] (1925–2004), American football player
* [[Ed Orgeron]] (born 1961), American football coach
* [[Edward Pratt]], British long-distance unicyclist
* [[Edward J. Trembly]] (1860–1937), American baseball player
* [[Edward Weitz]] (born 1946), Israeli Olympic weightlifter
* [[Ed Woods]] (born 2002), American football player

====Other people====
* [[Ed White (astronaut)|Edward H. White II]] (1930–1967) American astronaut
* Edward Allaway (born 1939), American mass murderer who perpetrated the 1976 [[California State University, Fullerton, massacre]]
* [[Rohan Amerasekera|Edward Rohan Amerasekera]] (1916–1974), first indigenous Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force
* [[Edward Harold Bell]] (1939–2019), American sex offender and murderer
* [[Edward and Elaine Brown|Edward Brown]] (born 1942), American involved in a tax dispute with the U.S. government
* [[Edward Douglas (bishop)]] (1901–1967), Scottish Roman Catholic
* [[Edward Edwards (disambiguation)]], several people
* [[Edward F. Fritsch]] (born 1950), American scientist
* [[Ed Gein|Edward "Ed" Gein]] (1906–1984), American murderer and suspected serial killer
* [[Edward Lagrone]] (1957–2004), American serial killer and rapist
* [[Edward Kmiec]] (1936–2020), American Catholic bishop
* [[Edward Baker Lincoln]] (1846–1850), second son of Abraham Lincoln
* [[Edward Mosberg]] (1926–2022), Polish-American Holocaust survivor, educator, and philanthropist
* [[Edward McSweegan]], American microbiologist
* [[Edward R. Murrow|Edward R. Murrow]] (1908-1965), American broadcast journalist
* [[Edward Playfair]], British businessman
* [[Edward Popek]] (1919-2001), American flying ace
* [[Edward Porta]] (born 1954), Argentine former textile trader 
* [[Edward Shanbrom]] (1924-2012), American medical researcher and hematologist
* [[Edward Snowden]] (born 1983), American who disclosed National Security Agency secrets
* [[Ed Smith (disambiguation)|Edward Smith (disambiguation)]], several people

==People surnamed Edward==
* [[John Edward]], professional name of John Edward McGee, Jr. (born 1969), American self-proclaimed psychic
* [[Olivia Edward]] (born 2007), American actress
* [[Trevelyan Edward]] (1938–1995), Sri Lankan cricketer

== Fictional characters==
* ''[[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]'', television show, as well as main characters thereof
* [[List of characters in Camp Lazlo#Edward|Edward]], an anthropomorphic [[platypus]] from ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''
* [[List of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn characters#Dawn Brigade|Edward]], in ''[[Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn]]''
* [[List of Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter characters#Other humans|Edward AKA: DEATH]], a main character and assassin from the ''[[Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter]]'' series
* [[Winnie the Pooh#First publication|Edward Bear]], mock "formal" name for a [[teddy bear]]—another name for Winnie-the-Pooh
* [[Edward the Blue Engine]], a character from ''[[The Railway Series]]'' and ''[[Thomas & Friends]]''
* [[Eddie Brock]], a character from [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]; the best known incarnation of [[Venom (character)|Venom]]
* Edward Bunnigus, in the webcomic [[Schlock Mercenary#Main characters|''Schlock Mercenary'']]
* [[Edward Cullen]], the vampire love-interest in the fantasy/romance novels of [[Stephenie Meyer]]'s ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight Series]]''
* [[Edward Elric]], the protagonist in the anime/manga series, ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''
* [[Edward Ferrars]], in ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]'' by Jane Austen
* Edward Gardner, in the 1997 French-American fantasy drama movie ''[[FairyTale: A True Story#Cast|FairyTale: A True Story]]''
* Edward "Ted" Hasting, from British television series ''[[Line of Duty]]''
* [[Edward Elizabeth Hitler]], a character from British television series ''Bottom''
* [[Edward Hyde (fictional character)|Edward Hyde]], the title character's evil alter ego in ''[[Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' by Robert Louis Stevenson
* [[Edward Kenway|Edward James Kenway]], a character from the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' video game franchise, appearing as the protagonist of ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''
* Edward Lewis, a wealthy corporate raider and the male protagonist in ''[[Pretty Woman]]''
* [[Edward Mars]], the shipwrecked marshal in American television series ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]''
* Edward Gerald Marshall, the forgotten U.S. President in the British comic book series ''[[Nemesis: Reloaded]]''
* [[List of Stranger Things characters#Eddie Munson|Edward "Eddie" Munson]], from the American television series ''[[Stranger Things]]''
* [[Whitebeard (Edward Newgate)|Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate]], the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates in the ''[[One Piece]]'' manga series
* [[Edward Nigma]], aka The Riddler, a supervillain from [[DC Comics|DC]]
* Edward Richtofen, a sociopathic German scientist from ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''; appears in the Nazi Zombies mode as well as in ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops]]'', ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops II]]'', ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops III|Call Of Duty: Black Ops III]]'', ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops 4|Call Of Duty: Black Ops IIII]]'', and the [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]] comic series ''Call Of Duty: Zombies''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Call of Duty: Zombies #1 :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/28-825/Call-of-Duty-Zombies-1 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref>
* [[Edward Fairfax Rochester]], the love interest of Jane in ''Jane Eyre''
* ''[[Edward Scissorhands]]'', title character of the eponymous film
* [[Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield]], the fictional undead from the ''Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse'' video game
* Edward Tanaka, a character from [[Sonic X]]
* [[Blackbeard in popular culture|Edward "Blackbeard" Teach]], fictionalized versions of the [[Blackbeard|historical figure of the same name]] from various media
* [[Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV]], from the anime ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''
* [[Edward Chris von Muir]], "spoony bard" from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''
* [[Edward "Ed" Lillywhite Norton|Ed Norton]], a character played by Art Carney in American sitcom ''[[The Honeymooners]]''
* [[Mister Ed]], the talking horse, from the [[Mister Ed|television series of the same name]]
* [[List of Corner Shop Show characters#Recurring characters|Edward the Butler]], played by Lachlan Walker in the web-series ''Corner Shop Show''
* Edward Trunk, an elephant from the ''[[Rupert Bear]]'' franchise

==See also==
*{{lookfrom|Edward}}
* [[Edwards (surname)]]

==References==
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