Eight kings of England answered to it, and so did the boy next door in every mid-century sitcom. Edward descends from the Old English Eadweard, a compound of ead (wealth, fortune) and weard (guardian) — a prosperous protector, essentially. The name has never left the U.S. top 250 since records began in 1880, a remarkable feat of quiet endurance. It carries the warmth of its nicknames: Ed, Eddie, Ted, Teddy, Ned. Dickens leaned on it; so did Brontë, and later the Twilight generation. Edward is the suit jacket worn to dinner — proper, a little reserved, cut to last.
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- Eithan
- Brandon
- Jaziel
- Brody
- Richard
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Hebrew, 'allotted by God' or 'God divides'
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Old Germanic ric, 'ruler,' and hard, 'brave'