Edward
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Edward is an Old English royal name meaning “wealthy guardian” or “prosperous protector.” Edward is also glossed as “guardian of property,” and bearers include playwright Edward Albee, painter Edward Hopper, and actor Edward Norton. Edward the Confessor, the last English king before 1066, was canonized, and the Twilight vampire hero is now reviving the name. Edward Teach was the notorious pirate Blackbeard, while Captain Edward Jellicoe briefly commands the Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Usage of Edward in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Edward against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Edward is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Edward in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 1,591 boys were named Edward, making it the #224 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 1,303,594 boys have been named Edward, with the most (21,126) in 1924. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Maine and New Hampshire.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Edward in other languages
- Eduard Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Estonian, German, Romanian
- Edvard Czech, Danish, Norwegian, Slovenian, Swedish
- Eduardo Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
- Eddy Dutch, English
- Eduardus Dutch, Latin
- Duarte Portuguese
- Ed English
- Ede Hungarian
- Edoardo Italian
- Eduardas Lithuanian
- Eduards Latvian
- Eetu Finnish
- Eudald Catalan
- Eudaldo Spanish
- Iorwerth Welsh
- Édouard French
- Едвард Ukrainian
- Эдуард Russian
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Edward
There are 28 towns and villages with Edward in their name, in 10 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 9🇨🇦 Canada 6🇲🇼 Malawi 3🇿🇲 Zambia 3🇿🇦 South Africa 2🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 1🇭🇰 Hong Kong 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Prince Edward | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | 25,496 | Map |
| Prince Edward | Kowloon City, 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 15,481 | Map |
| Port Edward | KwaZulu-Natal, 🇿🇦 South Africa | 6,872 | Map |
| Fort Edward | New York, 🇺🇸 United States | 3,277 | Map |
| Saint Edward | Nebraska, 🇺🇸 United States | 705 | Map |
| Port Edward | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | 470 | Map |
| Point Edward | Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada | 396 | Map |
| Edward | Kansas, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Edward | North Carolina, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
| Edward | Ohio, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Edward
There are 46 lakes and reservoirs with Edward in their name, in 5 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 24🇺🇸 United States 18🇦🇺 Australia 2🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1
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| Edward Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Edward Lake | Alberta, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Edward songs
11 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Edward in their title. The best known:
- Edward
- Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar – Edward Elgar
- Edward The Bear – The Damned (1985)
- Imperial Edward
- King Edward the Fourth and a Tanner of Tamworth
- EDWARD (Chamberlain)
- EDWARD (O'Kane)
- KING EDWARD
- Portrait of Frank Edward Weston – Alex Blake
- ST. EDWARD, CONFESSOR
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Edward
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Edward.
Edward Albee
Edward Albert
Edward Aninaru
Edward Ardizzone
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Fictional characters named Edward
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Edward as a pet name
FurryName has found 63 dogs named Edward in public pet registers, making it the #1,407 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Prospect (2), Adelaide (2), Burnside (1). Edward as a dog name →
FurryName has found 17 cats named Edward in public pet registers, making it the #437 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Toronto (8), Seattle (6), Richmond (2). Edward as a cat name →
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