Edward

Gender	Male
Word/name	Old English: Eadweard
Meaning	"Riches", "Prosperous" or "Fortune" and "Guardian" or "Protector"
Related names	Édouard, Eduardo, Eddie, , , , , Woody

Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon form Éadweard, composed of the elements "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and "guardian, protector".

The name has been adopted in the Iberian peninsula since the 15th century, due to Edward, King of Portugal, whose mother was English. The Spanish/Portuguese forms of the name are Eduardo and .

Other variant forms include French Édouard, Italian Edoardo, German and Dutch Eduard and Scandinavian . Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy, Woody and Ned. Edward can be abbreviated as Edw.

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