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English

Wealthy guardian. From the Old English name Eadweard, meaning rich or happy, and guardian. 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.

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Edward

German

Strong as a boar.

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Edward

Shakespearean

'King Richard III' 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.

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Edwardo

Portuguese

Prosperous guardian.

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Edwardo

Spanish

Prosperous guardian.

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Edwardson

English

Son of Edward.

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Edwin

Anglo-Saxon

Valued.

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Edwin

English

Rich in friendship. From the Old English name Eadwine, meaning rich or happy, and friend. Famous bearers: the hero of Charles Dickens' last novel, 'Edwin Drood'.

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Edwin

German

Happy friend.

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Edwy

Anglo-Saxon

Name of a king.

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