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Edward is a handsome, classic name that has been used by the Twilight fad.

DON'T CALL HIM SHORT

Personal experiences with the name Edward

I went to school with a guy named Edward and many people mostly called him 'Eddie'.
He was a total jokester and is to almost never to be taken serious.

My adopted father's name was Edward and when my first son was born we named him after my father. My father loves to hold his namesake.

My father was given the middle name Edward as a way to honor his two grandfathers, Edwin and Edgar. It is my middle name and will be the middle name of our son if we have a boy.

My dad's middle name is Edward, but since he is a Junior, he has always gone by his middle name. I would love to use Edward as a middle name for a son. I think it is classic and sophisticated.

Nicknames for Edward

Ed, Edd, Eddie, Eddy, Edi, Ward, Ned, Ted, Teddy, Teddie, Neddie, Neddy, Ford

Meanings and history of the name Edward

Famous real-life people named Edward

Eddie Redmayne, OBE, Academy Award winner, actor
Eight British kings
Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex
Edward Estlin ("E.E.") Cummings, American poet
Edward "Bear" Grylls, Northern Irish adventurer, writer and television presenter
Edward Heath, British Prime Minister (1970-1974)
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish noble and pioneer of the high fantasy genre.
Edward "Ted" Kennedy, senator
Eddie Murphy, American actor
Edward Norton, American actor
Edward James Olmos, American actor
Edward "Ed" Sheeran, British singer
Edward "Eddie" Lodewijk Van Halen, Dutch-American musician
Eddie Vedder, American singer
Edward Yates Brunt (b. 2009), son of American journalist and political commentator Megyn Kelly
Edward Duke Rancic (b. 2012), son of Italian-American television personality Giuliana Rancic and American entrepreneur Bill Rancic
Edward Lai, Taiwanese lead rapper of South Korean pop boy group Wanna One

Edward in song, story & screen

Edward Cullen is a main character of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.

Edward Elric is the main character from the anime and manga series "Fullmetal Alchemist".

Mr. Ed is a talking horse character from TV.

Ed,Edd n Eddy is a popular television show that was on Cartoon Network.

Edward Ferrars is a character from "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen. In the movie, Edward was played by Hugh Grant.

Winnine-the-Pooh is referred to as "Edward Bear"

Prince Edvard of Denmark aka Eddie in the "Prince and Me".

Edward "Eddie" Haskell was a character on the television show LEAVE IT TO BEAVER (1957-1963); the character was portrayed by actor Ken Osmond and is widely recognized as an archetype for insincere synchophants.

Meat Loaf played "Eddie" in the 1975 cult classic, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

Edward Winslow "Eddie" from Family Matters

Edward "Eddie" Ryland, Samantha's next-door-neighbour from the American Girl Samantha books

Mr. Edward Hyde from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"