Edward

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdwəd/
• 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.

Derived terms

• Ed
• Eddie
• Eddy
• Ned
• Prince Edward County
• Ted
• Teddie
• Teddy

 

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: إِدْوَارْد m (ʔidwārd)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܕܘܪܕ m (ʔedwa:rd)

• Armenian: Էդվարդ (Ēdvard)
• Catalan: Eduard (ca)
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 愛德華／爱德华 (zh) (Àidéhuá), 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)
• Hawaiian: Ekewaka
• Hebrew: אדוארד m (edvard)
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• Hungarian: Edvárd (hu)
• Icelandic: Eðvarð (is), Játvarður (is) m
• Irish: Éadbhard
• Italian: Edoardo (it), Eduardo (it)
• Japanese: エドワード (Edowādo)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: Eduardus, Edwardus m
• Latvian: Eduards
• Lithuanian: Eduardas (lt), Edvardas (lt)
• Maltese: Dwardu
• Manx: Edard
• Maori: Eruera
• Norman: Êdouard m
• Norwegian: Edvard (no)
• Old Norse: Játvarðr
• Persian: ادوارد (Edvârd)
• Polish: Edward (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: Eduardo (pt), Duarte (pt)
• Russian: Эдуа́рд (ru) m (Eduárd), Э́двард (ru) m (Édvard)
• Scottish Gaelic: Eideard
• Slovak: Eduard
• Slovene: Édvard (sl) m, Édi m, Édo m
• Spanish: Eduardo (es)
• Swedish: Edvard (sv), Edward (sv)
• Ukrainian: Едуа́рд (Eduárd)

Anagrams

• drawed, wadder, warded

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Cebuano

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Edward

1. a male given name from Old English

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

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

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Old French

Proper noun

Edward m (nominative singular Edwards)

1. a male given name, Edward.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛd.vart/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Edward m

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

Derived terms

• Edek

Related terms

• Edwarda f

Further reading

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