Edward

  • Boy
  • 6 letters
Anglo-Saxon Guardian.
English Wealthy guardian. From the Old English name Eadweard, meaning rich or happy, and guardian.
German Strong as a boar.
Literary A literary name from Shakespeare's King Richard III, where it belongs to edward IV. Also Edward, Prince of Wales, king's son and later Edward V. 'Henry IV, 1 & 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist. Also the son of Richard Plantagenet. 'King Henry VI, Part III' Edward, Prince of Wales, Henry VI's son.
Famous bearer King Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great; Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936 to be with the divorced woman he loved.

Edward is a boy’s name of Anglo-Saxon, English, German and Literary origin. Meaning in Anglo-Saxon: Guardian. Meaning in English: Wealthy guardian. From the Old English name Eadweard, meaning rich or happy, and guardian. Meaning in German: Strong as a boar. A literary name from Shakespeare’s King Richard III, where it belongs to edward IV. Also Edward, Prince of Wales, king’s son and later Edward V. ‘Henry IV, 1 & 2’ Edward Poins, an irregular humorist. Also the son of Richard Plantagenet. ‘King Henry VI, Part III’ Edward, Prince of Wales, Henry VI’s son. Famous bearer: King Edward the Elder, son of Alfred the Great; Edward VIII, who abdicated in 1936 to be with the divorced woman he loved. The name has 6 letters.

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Wealthy guardian. Swedish form of Edward 'rich guardian'.

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