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Едвард

Едвард (Édvard) is a masculine given name from English, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Ukrainian.

Macedonian and Serbian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Edvard.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Едвард comes from English, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From English Edward, from Middle English Edward, from Old English Ēadweard, from Proto-West Germanic *Audawardu, from Proto-Germanic *Audawarduz, built from Old English ēad + weard.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Едвард’s family of names

In Macedonian usage, Едвард has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Edward. In Macedonian usage, Едвард has a transliteration in Edvard. In Ukrainian usage, Едвард can be written in the Roman alphabet as Édvard.

Walk Едвард’s family in the name graph

ЕдвардEdvardÉdvardЕдуа́рдEdwardЭдвардЕ́двард

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Едвард has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.

UkrainianProto-Germanic

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Germanic

Atte

Atte is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Old Swedish.

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Germanic

Hróbjartr

“shining glory”

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Germanic

Aldariz

“battle, fight”

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Germanic

Kuntonen

Kuntonen is a surname, possibly from Germanic. It is used in Finnish.

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Germanic

Garheard

“spear” · “brave, bold”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Edvaldo

“riches, wealth”

No U.S. birth series

94% boys · 6% girls

Germanic

Þór

Þór is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Alv

“elf”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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