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2006-06-21 03:52:04 · 2 answers · asked by candyshop_wow 1 in Family & Relationships Family

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The boy's name Eddie is pronounced ED-ee. It is of English origin. Short form of names beginning with Ed-.

Eddie has 2 variant forms: Ed and Eddy.

Eddie is a very popular male first name, ranking 136 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census. Eddie is a very popular surname, ranking 12646 out of 88799 for people of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.

Related names are Edgar, Edmund and Edward.

For Edward:

The boy's name Edward is pronounced ED-werd. It is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "wealth protector." Used in the royal family by kings of England (including the saint Edward the the Confessor) since before the Norman Conquest. As a nickname for Edward, Eddie has been replaced by Ted, Teddy, or Ned. Eduard is a French form; Eduardo is Spanish and Portuguese.

For Edgar:

The boy's name Edgar is pronounced ED-gar. It is of Old English and Old German origin, and its meaning is "fortunate and powerful; wealthy spear." A royal name in Anglo-Saxon England. In Shakespeare's "King Lear", Lear's son is called Edgar.

For Edmund:

The boy's name Edmund is pronounced ED-mund. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "wealthy guard." Name of a popular and sainted king of the East Angles in the ninth century.

2006-06-27 12:16:09 · answer #1 · answered by c2gardner 3 · 0 1

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2006-06-21 11:01:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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