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Edward

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Meaning and origin
Edward is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Blessed Guardian`.


Where is it used?
The name Edward is mainly used in English and in Polish.

How do they say it elsewhere?
Iorwerth (In Welsh)
Eduardo (In Spanish and in Portuguese)
Eideard (In Scottish)
Edvard (In Scandinavian, Hungarian, Russian and in Slovene)
Duarte (In Portuguese)
Edoardo (In Italian)
Ekewaka (In Hawaiian)
Eduard (In German)
Édouard (In French)
Eetu (In Finnish)
Edmund (In English and in German)
Ewart (In English)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Ed
In English: Ned
In English: Ted


For the opposite sex use:
In Portuguese: Eduarda (F)


See also
In Welsh: Iolyn
In Welsh: Iolo
In Welsh: Yorath
In English: Eddie (B)
In English: Theodore
In English: Eddy (M)
In English: Teddy (M)


Extra information:
From Old English. Alternative meanings (Polish) Blessed Guardian

More `Edward` links
Edward as abbreviation
Actors named Edward
Edward in the encyclopedia





Statistics for Edward

Edward appears in 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 145. In the last 128 years Edward has occupied a spot in the top 1000 without interruptions. The name reached the top-100 18 times and reached the top-10 3 times. 1920 was a `top year` for the name Edward. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #8. Our records go back to 1880

YearRankRank
2007145
2006142
2005134
2004129
2003130
2002119
2001113
2000108
1999103
1998106
1997100
199695
199588
199484
199378
199270
199168
199068
198052
197031
196026
195022
194016
193010
19208
19109
19009
189011
188011


See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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