Edward

English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

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

Proper noun

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.

   • 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 February 2025:

     The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

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

Derived terms

• Ed
• Eddie
• Eddy
• Edwardsville
• Fort Edward
• King Edward
• Ned
• Point Edward
• Prince Edward
• Prince Edward County
• Ted
• Tedd
• Teddie
• Teddy

Descendants

• → Norwegian: Edvard
• → Swedish: Edvard
• → Danish: Edvard
  • → Icelandic: Eðvarð
  • → Faroese: Edvard (or possibly directly from English)

Translations

male given name

• Amharic: ኤድዋርድ (ʾedward)
• Arabic: إِدْوَارْد m (ʔidwārd)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܕܘܪܕ m (ʔedwa:rd)

• Armenian: Էդվարդ (Ēdvard)
• Basque: Edorta (eu)
• Bengali: এডওয়ার্ড (eḍōẇarḍo)
• Catalan: Eduard (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 愛德華 / 爱德华 (oi³ dak¹ waa⁴)

  Mandarin: 愛德華 / 爱德华 (zh) (Àidéhuá)

• Czech: Edvard m, Eduard (cs) m
• Danish: Edvard
• Dutch: Eduard (nl), Edward (nl)
• Esperanto: Eduardo
• Estonian: Eduard
• Faroese: Jatvarður
• Finnish: Edvard (fi), Eetu (fi)
• French: Édouard (fr)

  Middle French: Edouard

  Old French: Edward

• Galician: Eduardo (gl)
• Georgian: ედუარდი (eduardi), ედვარდი (edvardi)
• German: Eduard (de)
• Greek: Εδουάρδος (el) m (Edouárdos), Έντουαρντ (el) (Éntouarnt) (transliteration from English)
• Hawaiian: Ekewaka
• Hebrew: אדוארד m (edvard)
• Hungarian: Edvárd (hu)
• Icelandic: Eðvarð (is), Játvarður (is) m
• Irish: Éadbhard
• Italian: Edoardo (it), Eduardo (it)
• Japanese: エドワード (Edowādo)
• Korean: 에드워드 (edeuwodeu)
• Latin: Eduardus, Edwardus m
• Latvian: Eduards
• Lithuanian: Eduárdas (lt), Èdvardas (lt)
• Maltese: Dwardu
• Manx: Edard
• Maori: Eruera
• Marathi: एडवर्ड m (eḍvarḍa)
• Norman: Êdouard m
• Norwegian: Edvard (no)
• Old English: Eadweard
• Old Norse: Játvarðr
• Persian: ادوارد (edvârd)
• Polish: Edward (pl) m
• Portuguese: Eduardo (pt), Duarte (pt)
• Romanian: Eduard
• Russian: Эдуа́рд (ru) m (Eduárd), Э́двард (ru) m (Édvard)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eideard
• Sicilian: Duartu
• Slovak: Eduard
• Slovene: Édvard (sl) m, Édi m, Édo m
• Spanish: Eduardo (es)
• Swedish: Edvard (sv), Edward (sv)
• Ukrainian: Едуа́рд (Eduárd)
• Welsh: Iorwerth

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• drawed, wadder, warded

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Edward

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Edward

1. Edward

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Edward	Edwardok
accusative	Edwardot	Edwardokat
dative	Edwardnak	Edwardoknak
instrumental	Edwarddal	Edwardokkal
causal-final	Edwardért	Edwardokért
translative	Edwarddá	Edwardokká
terminative	Edwardig	Edwardokig
essive-formal	Edwardként	Edwardokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Edwardban	Edwardokban
superessive	Edwardon	Edwardokon
adessive	Edwardnál	Edwardoknál
illative	Edwardba	Edwardokba
sublative	Edwardra	Edwardokra
allative	Edwardhoz	Edwardokhoz
elative	Edwardból	Edwardokból
delative	Edwardról	Edwardokról
ablative	Edwardtól	Edwardoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Edwardé	Edwardoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Edwardéi	Edwardokéi

Possessive forms of Edward

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Edwardom	Edwardjaim
2nd person sing.	Edwardod	Edwardjaid
3rd person sing.	Edwardja	Edwardjai
1st person plural	Edwardunk	Edwardjaink
2nd person plural	Edwardotok	Edwardjaitok
3rd person plural	Edwardjuk	Edwardjaik

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdward/

Proper noun

Edward

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

Descendants

• English: Edward
  • → Norwegian: Edvard
  • → Swedish: Edvard
  • → Danish: Edvard
    • → Icelandic: Eðvarð
    • → Faroese: Edvard (or possibly directly from English)
• Yola: Edweard

References

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

Old French

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Edward m (nominative singular Edwards)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

Descendants

• Middle French: Edouard
  • French: Édouard, Edouard
    • → German: Eduard

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dvart/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛdvart
• Syllabification: E‧dward

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Edward.

Proper noun

Edward m pers (female equivalent Edwarda, diminutive Edek)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Edward

Declension

Declension of Edward

	singular	plural
nominative	Edward	Edwardowie
genitive	Edwarda	Edwardów
dative	Edwardowi	Edwardom
accusative	Edwarda	Edwardów
instrumental	Edwardem	Edwardami
locative	Edwardzie	Edwardach
vocative	Edwardzie	Edwardowie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Edward f

1. genitive plural of Edwarda

Further reading

• Edward in Polish dictionaries at PWN