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43rd most popular boys name in the UK
1,823 recorded births
in 2008
User rating:
( 3.95 from 167 votes )
Additional information about the name Edward:
Derived from Old English - ead (prosperity) + weard (guard). One of the most perennially popular of all Old English names, Edward was the name of three Anglo-Saxon kings and eight kings of England. Edward the Confessor, penultimate Anglo-Saxon king of England, had a reign marked by peace and prosperity. See also Edward Scissorhands.
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