EDWARD

'Edward'
Gender:	Male
Origin:	English
Meaning:	''"Rich/blessed guard"''

'Edward' is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words meaning "rich, blessed" and "guard."[1]

★ Proto-Germanic ''
★ audwardon''

★ Old English ''Ēadweard''

★ Modern English ''Edward''
Short forms include Ed, Edd, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy, Teddie, Ned, Neddie, Neddy, and Ward. 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 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 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 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

★ 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