Ned

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Diminutive of EDWARD or EDMUND. It has been used since the 14th century, and may have had root in the medieval affectionate phrase mine Ed, which was later reinterpreted as my Ned.

EDWARD   male   English, Polish
Means "rich guard", derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and weard "guard". This was the name of several Anglo-Saxon kings, the last being Saint Edward the Confessor shortly before the Norman conquest in the 11th century. He was known as a just ruler, and because of his popularity his name remained in use after the conquest when most other Old English names were replaced by Norman ones. The 13th-century Plantagenet king Henry III named his son and successor after the saint, and seven subsequent kings of England were also named Edward.

This is one of the few Old English names to be used throughout Europe (in various spellings). A famous bearer was the British composer Edward Elgar (1857-1934). It was also used by author Charlotte Brontë for the character Edward Rochester, the main love interest of the title character in her novel 'Jane Eyre' (1947).
EDMUND   male   English, German, Polish
From the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and mund "protection". This was the name of two Anglo-Saxon kings of England. It was also borne by two saints, including a 9th-century king of East Anglia who, according to tradition, was shot to death with arrows after refusing to divide his Christian kingdom with an invading pagan Danish leader. This Old English name remained in use after the Norman conquest (even being used by king Henry III for one of his sons), though it became less common after the 15th century.

Famous bearers of the name include the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), the German-Czech philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the first person to climb Mount Everest.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Edmund, Edward
EQUIVALENTS
ANGLO-SAXON: Eadmund, Eadweard
ARMENIAN: Eduard, Edvard
BASQUE: Edorta
CATALAN: Eduard
CROATIAN: Edi, Eduard
CZECH: Eduard, Edvard
DANISH: Edvard
DUTCH: Ed, Eduard
ENGLISH: Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Ted, Teddy
ESTONIAN: Eduard
FINNISH: Edvard, Eetu
FRENCH: Edmé, Edmond, Édouard
GEORGIAN: Eduard
GERMAN: Edmund, Eduard
HAWAIIAN: Ekewaka
HUNGARIAN: Ede, Eduárd, Edvárd, Ödi, Ödön
IRISH: Eadbhárd, Éamon, Eamon, Éamonn
ITALIAN: Edmondo, Edoardo
LATVIAN: Eduards
LIMBURGISH: Edmao, Mao
NORWEGIAN: Edvard
POLISH: Edmund, Edward
PORTUGUESE: Dado, Du, Duarte, Duda, Dudu, Edmundo, Edu, Eduardo
ROMANIAN: Eduard
RUSSIAN: Eduard
SCOTTISH: Eideard
SLOVAK: Eduard
SLOVENE: Edi, Edvard
SPANISH: Edmundo, Eduardo, Lalo
SWEDISH: Edvard
FEMININE FORMS
FRENCH: Edmée
ITALIAN: Edmonda
PORTUGUESE: Duda, Eduarda
OTHER FORMS
ENGLISH: Ewart
VARIOUS: Monet