Edward

Edward m. Old English ēad 'riches, wealth' + Old English weard 'guard, ward'.

Unlike many Old English names which never made it outside of England, and perhaps Scotland, Edward is one of the few which can be found as far away as Iberia in the Middle Ages.

Belgium

Dutch: ● 1597x1598 Eduaert BoonenGes p. 327

England

Latin: ● 966 Eadward (nom) CDAS DXXIX; 1185x1186 Ædwardi (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 17; 1189 Eduuard (nom) GASurv p. 102, Eduuardus (nom) ibid. p. 106, Edward (nom) ibid. p. 174, Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 118, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 108; 1222 Edwardi (gen) StPaulDom p. 24, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 44; 1279–80 Edwardi (gen) WaHR-SK p. 25; 1290 Edwardus (nom) POSDu VII; 1298 Edwardus (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1299 Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 3; 1300 Edwardi (gen) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 229; 1319 Edwardi (gen) PSS-CXIV 5a; 1321 Edwardi (gen) EL-2 p. 114, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 121; 1340xc1450 Edwardus (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6; 1357 Edwardi (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 23, Edwardo (abl) ibid. no. 23; 1379 Edwardus (nom) WRYPT1 p. 10; 1381 Edwardus (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 94; 1440 Edwardo (dat) WillsInv LI, Edwardum (acc) ibid. LI; 1485–1486 Edwardo (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 53; 1503 Edwardus (nom) WillsInv LXXIV; 1530 Edwardum (acc) ibid. LXXX; 1539 Eduardus (nom) SA12 p. 2; 1540 Eduardi (gen) ibid. p. 5, Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 4; 1555 Edwardus (nom) StMartF p. 58; 1557 Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 59; 1559 Edwardus (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 1; 1560 Edward (nom) RegSoABap p. 3, Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 3; 1561 Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 3, Edwardus (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 2; 1561/2 Edwardus (nom) RegSoABap p. 5; 1562/3 Edward (gen) ibid. p. 6; 1562 Edwardi (gen) Reg-KirkElla p. 2, RegSoABap p. 5; 1562/3 Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 7; 1562 Edwardus (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 2, RegSoABap p. 5; 1562/3 Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 6; 1563 Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 7, Edwardus (nom) Chst-1 p. 11, RegSoAMar p. 3; 1564 Edwardi (gen) Reg-KirkElla p. 4, RegSoABap p. 9, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 9; 1565/6 Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 11; 1565 Edwardus (nom) RegSoAMar p. 4; 1566 Edwardi (gen) RegSoABap p. 12, Edwardus (nom) Chst-1 p. 11, RegSoAMar p. 4; 1567 Edvardi (gen) RegSoABap p. 13, Edwardi (gen) Reg-KirkElla p. 6, RegSoABap p. 13; 1568 Edwardi (gen) Reg-KirkElla p. 6; 1568/9 Edwardi (gen) RegSoABap p. 15; 1568 Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 15; 1569 Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 16; 1570 Edvardi (gen) ibid. p. 16, Edwardus (nom) Reg-KirkElla p. 7; 1578 Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 9; 1590 Edwardus (nom) AuFr Meetkercke; 1592 Edwarde (nom) RegSoAMar p. 16, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. 16; 1593 Edward (nom) ibid. p. 16; 1594 Edward (nom) ibid. p. 16
Dutch: ● 1578 Eduwardt AuFr Geerardesz, Eduwardts (gen) ibid. Geerardesz; 1580 Eduaerdt ibid. Verpoorten; 1583 Eduwardt ibid. Driessche; 1599 Eduwaert ibid. Atkens
Old English: ● 966 Edward (nom) CDAS DXXIX
Middle English: ● 1420 Edward EEW p. 53; 1438 Edward ibid. p. 110; 1438–39 Edward ibid. p. 130
Early Modern English: ● 1481 Edward HHB1481-90 p. 4; 1520 Edward SaxhamSf p. 128; 1528 Edward ExMar p. 1; 1529 Edward CovGuild-2 p. 85, Edwarde PP-HenV p. 5; 1530 Edward LIWill-III p. 5, Edwarde ibid. p. 4; 1541 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 2; 1542 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, WillsInv LXXXVIII; 1542/3 Edwarde SIAcc 3; 1543 Edward StAnthonlin p. 4; 1544 Edward SurMus I; 1545 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 5, WillsInv LXXXIV; 1546 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 5; 1547 Edward StAnthonlin p. 6, Edwarde WillsInv XCIII; 1548 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1549 Edward ibid. p. 8; 1550 Edward ibid. p. 8, WillsInv XCV; 1551 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 7; 1552 Edward ibid. p. 7, Edwarde ibid. p. 7; 1553 Edward ibid. p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 80; 1554 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 8; 1555 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 5, BarnstapleBap p. 9, bruton1 p. 26; 1556/57 Edward PRThirsk p. 1; 1556 Edward StAnthonlin p. 11, bruton1 p. 2, (nom) PRThirsk p. 1, Edwarde BarnstapleBap p. 9; 1557 Edward ibid. p. 10, PRThirsk p. 3, RegSASel p. 2, Edwarde ProcSuf-vol3 p. 265; 1558 Edward RegSASel p. 2, RegSoABap p. 1; 1558/9 Edward ibid. p. 2; 1558 Edward StAnthonlin p. 12, bruton1 p. 110; 1559 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 10, RegSASel p. 4, SOmar-vol9 p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 1, bruton1 p. 30, Edwarde BarnstapleBap p. 10, bruton1 p. 30; 1560 Edward BarnstapleBap p. 10, HAmar-vol9 p. 67, RegBisham p. 1; 1560/1 Edward RegSASel p. 7; 1560 Edward SOmar-vol9 p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 56, StAnthonlin p. 14, Edwarde BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1561 Edward ibid. p. 11, COmar-vol5 p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 14, StMaryA p. 3, bruton1 p. 3, Edwarde BarnstapleBap p. 11; 1562 Edward ibid. p. 12, COmar-vol2 p. 69, StMaryA p. 3; 1563 Edward BUmar-vol9 p. 4, COmar-vol5 p. 125, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, SaxhamSf p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 15; 1564 Edward ibid. p. 17, Edwarde StMaryA p. 4; 1565 Edward StAnthonlin p. 17; 1566 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 8, HAmar-vol9 p. 68, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 18; 1567 Edward HAmar-vol9 p. 68, StAnthonlin p. 19, bruton1 p. 36; 1568 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 95, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, ExMar 2b, Redruth-Co p. 6; 1569 Edward StAnthonlin p. 20, SurMus II; 1569/70 Edward bruton1 p. 113; 1569 Edward ibid. p. 38, Edwarde SurMus p. 151; 1570 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 54, COmar-vol5 p. 84, RegSoAMar p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 21; 1571 Edward Bar-in-El p. 17, RegBath p. 2, bruton1 p. 39; 1572 Edward BUmar-vol9 p. 5, CAmar-vol1 p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 22; 1572/3 Edward SurMus p. 161; 1572 Edward bruton1 p. 40; 1572/3 Edwarde SurMus p. 162; 1573 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 22, WAmar-1 p. 15, Edwarde Bar-in-El p. 18; 1574 Edward StAnthonlin p. 23, SurMus p. 175, WAmar-1 p. 131, bruton1 p. 41, Edwarde WAmar-1 p. 131; 1575 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 30, StAnthonlin p. 24, bruton1 p. 42; 1576 Edward COmar-vol2 p. 70, StAnthonlin p. 25, bruton1 p. 43; 1577 Edward CAmar-vol1 p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, RegSoAMar p. 8, WAmar-1 p. 131; 1578 Edward COmar-vol5 p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 26; 1579 Edward MemStGiles p. 9, RegSoAMar p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 27, bruton1 p. 7; 1580 Edward RegSoAMar p. 10, StAnthonlin p. 27; 1581 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 10, BEmar-vol2 p. 130, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, RegSoAMar p. 10; 1582 Edward COmar-vol2 p. 101, COmar-vol5 p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 29; 1583 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 130, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, COmar-vol5 p. 7, DEmar-vol2 p. 8, OrpingtonKe p. 6, RegSoAMar p. 11, StAnthonlin p. 29; 1583/4 Edward SurMus p. 14; 1583 Edward ibid. p. 182, Edwarde BEmar-vol2 p. 3; 1583/4 Edwarde SurMus p. 14; 1584 Edward DEmar-vol2 p. 9, RegBath p. 6, RegSoAMar p. 11, SurMus p. 190, Edwarde ibid. p. 191; 1585 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 130, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, COmar-vol5 p. 7, DEmar-vol2 p. 11, OrpingtonKe p. 7; 1585/6 Edward RegBath p. 7; 1585 Edwarde BEmar-vol2 p. 69, SaxhamSf p. 57; 1586 Edward COmar-vol5 p. 7, OrpingtonKe p. 8, bruton1 p. 47; 1587/8 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 12; 1587 Edward CAmar-vol1 p. 4, COmar-vol5 p. 8, OrpingtonKe p. 8, bruton1 p. 47; 1588 Edward Bar-in-El p. 26, COmar-vol5 p. 8, DEmar-vol2 p. 16, OrpingtonKe p. 8, RegSoAMar p. 14, bruton1 p. 118; 1589 Edward DEmar-vol2 p. 18, RegSoAMar p. 14, StAnthonlin p. 33, bruton1 p. 48; 1589/90 Edwarde RegBath p. 8; 1590 Edward BUmar-vol9 p. 7, COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol2 p. 20; 1590/1 Edward HWCP2 p. 8; 1591 Edward BEmar-vol1 p. 14, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, DEmar-vol2 p. 22, RegBath p. 9; 1591/2 Edward RegFord p. 2; 1591 Edward StAnthonlin p. 35, Edwarde RegSoAMar p. 15; 1592 Edward COmar-vol2 p. 102, DEmar-vol2 p. 24, HWCP2 p. 10, RegBath p. 9, RegFord p. 2, WAmar-1 p. 41, bruton1 p. 52; 1593 Edward COmar-vol5 p. 10, DEmar-vol2 p. 26, RegBath p. 10, RegFord p. 2, WAmar-1 p. 16, bruton1 p. 10; 1594 Edward COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol2 p. 30, HAmar-vol9 p. 92, RegFord p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 37; 1595 Edward DEmar-vol2 p. 30; 1595/6 Edward HWCP2 p. 21; 1595 Edward StAnthonlin p. 37, bruton1 p. 54; 1596 Edward CAmar-vol1 p. 6, DEmar-vol2 p. 33, WAmar-1 p. 16, bruton1 p. 11; 1597 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 54, DEmar-vol2 p. 36, RegBisham p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton1 p. 11; 1598 Edward COmar-vol2 p. 102, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 37, RegSoAMar p. 18, bruton1 p. 56, Edwarde HAmar-vol9 p. 93; 1599 Edward BEmar-vol2 p. 131, CAmar-vol1 p. 6, COmar-vol5 p. 11, DEmar-vol2 p. 42, StAnthonlin p. 39, WAmar-1 p. 16, bruton1 p. 57, Edwarde HAmar-vol9 p. 51
Middle French: ● 1573 edouart WCS p. 101; 1577 edouart ibid. p. 13; 1582 Edouart ibid. p. 17; 1592 Edouart ibid. p. 90; 1594 Edouart ibid. p. 51; 1596 Edouart ibid. p. 26; 1598 Edouart ibid. p. 53; 1599 Edouart ibid. p. 106, Eduart ibid. p. 27
Walloon: ● 1581/2 Edouart RWC p. 563; 1582 Edouard ibid. p. 5, Edouart ibid. p. 5; 1583/4 Œdouart ibid. p. 8

Estonia

Middle Low German: ◑ 1592 Hetto Tiik1977 p. 285

France

Latin: ● 1301 Edouart (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 220
Middle French: ● 1366/7 Edouart ActsCharlesV no. 386; 1415[1469x1471] Edouard Waurin p. 224

Ireland

Latin: ● fin12thC Edwardus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 3; 1496 Edwardo (abl) RegOct 35, Edwardum (acc) ibid. 34, Edwardus (nom) ibid. 34; 1585 Edwardo (dat) IORCHAR-II p. xvi, Edwardus (nom) ibid. p. xvii
Early Modern English: ● 1527 Edward Fiants-1 16; 1528 Edward ibid. 24; 1530 Edward ibid. 27; 1539 Edward ibid. 81; 1585 Edward IORCHAR-II p. xv

Italy

Latin: ● 1464 Doardus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI; 1536 Eduardo (dat) PNC 4, Eduardum (acc) ibid. 4

Scotland

Latin: ● 1095 Edwardi (gen) ESC XV; c1120 Edwardus (nom) ibid. XXXVI; 1124 Eduardo (abl) ibid. XLIX; 1427 Edwardo (dat) RMSRS-2 101

Wales

Latin: ● 1497 Edward (nom) ArchCambIII p. 66, Edwardi (gen) ibid. p. 66; 1582 Edwardi (gen) RegCon1 p. 36
Early Modern English: ● 1573 Edward RegLlantrithyd p. 32; 1589 Edward ibid. p. 34; 1594 Edward ibid. p. 62; 1599 Edward ibid. p. 1
Welsh: ● 1582 Edward RegCon1 p. 36; 1583 Edward ibid. p. 40

Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Edward". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Edward.