Edward

From Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, corresponding to ed (“wealth, riches”) + ward (“ward, guard”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdwəd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛdwɚd/
• Hyphenation: Ed‧ward

Edward

1. A male given name from Old English.
   • 1605, William Camden, Remains Concerning Britain, John Russell Smith, published 1870, page 77:

     The Christian humility of King Edward the Confessour brought such credit to this name, that since that time it hath been most usual in all estates.

   • 1765, Laurence Sterne, chapter 8, in Tristram Shandy, Book IV:

     Heaven is my witness! that in the warmest transport of my wishes for the prosperity of my child, I never once wished to crown his head with more glory and honour than what George or Edward would have spread around it.

   • 1994, Caroline Knapp, The Merry Recluse: A Life in Essays, Counterpoint Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 169:

     There's a world of difference between the name Edward, which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie, which sounds like a guy on the bus.

2. (less common) A surname. See also Edwards.

Edward (plural Edwards)

1. (historical) A gold coin produced in the reign of King Edward.
   • 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:

     It is indeed the same golden Edward, with three holes in it, with which I presented my Mary on her birthday, in her eighteenth year, to buy a new suit for the holidays.

• drawed, wadder, warded

From English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from eād (“rich”) + weard (“guard”).

Edward

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Old English]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛdvaːrd]
• Hyphenation: Ed‧ward
• Rhymes: -aːrd

Edward

1. Edward

From Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdward/

Edward

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

• English: Edward
• Yola: Edweard (<*Edweard)

• “Edward”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Edward m (nominative singular Edwards)

1. a male given name, Edward

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.vart/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdvart
• Syllabification: Ed‧ward

Borrowed from English Edward.

Edward m pers (female equivalent Edwarda, diminutive Edek)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Edward f

1. genitive plural of Edwarda

• Edward in Polish dictionaries at PWN