Boy · Old English
Eadweard
Say it: AY-ad-way-ard
Meaning
From Old English ead 'wealth, prosperity' and weard 'guardian'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
One of the few Old English names that survived the Norman Conquest, thanks to the cult of Edward the Confessor and its use by English kings from Edward I onward.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Edward
| French | Édouard |
|---|---|
| German | Eduard |
| Italian | Edoardo |
| Spanish | Eduardo |
| Portuguese | Eduardo |
| Norwegian | Edvard |
Famous bearers
- Edward the Confessor, king of England
- Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
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