Edward

Edward is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

The name is a form of the male given name Edward. It is particularly common in the English-speaking world.

See also: Eadweard.

Bearers of the name

First name

  • Edward VII (1841-1910), King of Great Britain, see Edward VII
  • Edward VIII (1894-1972), King of Great Britain, see Edward VIII
  • Edward, Earl of Wessex ( b. 1964 ), youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II
  • Edward, 2nd Duke of Kent ( born 1935 ), British nobleman, a member of the British Royal Family
  • Edward Albee ( b. 1928 ), American playwright and essayist
  • Edward Arnold (1890-1956), American actor of German descent
  • Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926), British orientalist
  • Edward Kevin Daly ( born 1933 ), Irish Roman Catholic bishop of Derry
  • Edward Elgar (1857-1934), English composer
  • Edward Fox ( born 1937 ), British actor
  • Edward Furlong ( born 1977 ), American actor
  • Edward Kennedy (1932-2009), American politician
  • Edward N. Lorenz (1917-2008), American meteorologist and professor
  • Edward Ambrose "Ted" Mellors (1907-1946), British motorcycle racer
  • Edward Moore (1712-1757), English dramatist and writer
  • Edward Mountbatten -Windsor, Earl of Wessex ( b. 1964 ), English prince
  • Edward Nalbandian ( born 1956 ), Armenian politicians
  • Edward Newton (1832-1897), British colonial administrator and ornithologist
  • Edward Norton (born 1969 ), American actor
  • Edward Peregrine Gueritz (1855-1938), British colonial governor in North Borneo
  • Edward Simoni (* 1959), German - Polish panflutist
  • Edward Snowden ( b. 1983 ), American whistleblower
  • Edward Speleers (* 1988), a British film actor
  • Edward Sternaman (1895-1973), U.S. American football player and football official
  • Edward Francis Twining (1899-1967), British governor of British North Borneo and Tanganyika
  • Edward Van Halen ( born 1955 ), Dutch - American guitarist
  • Edward Woodward (1930-2009), British actor

Between Name

  • Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870), American Colonel of the Army
  • Lawrence Edward Grace Oates (1880-1912), British polar explorer
  • Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788), son of James Francis Edward Stuart and English pretender to the throne

Family name

Édouard Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex Edward Arnold (actor) Edward Daly (bishop) Edward Fox (actor) Ted Kennedy Blackie Lawless Robert E. Lee Edwards Edwards (surname)
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