Edward is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words ead (meaning "happy" or 'prosperous') and weard (meaning "guard"). It's one of the few Old English names to gain currency in other parts of Europe and beyond.

• Proto-Germanic *audwaroþō
• Old English tĒadweard
• Modern English Edward

Short forms include Ed, Edd, Eddie, Eddy, Ned, Neddie, Neddy, Ted, Teddy and Teddie; all of which may be short for Edward, Edmond Edwin Eduardo or Edmund.

Edward may refer to:

In nobility

• Edward, the Black Prince, the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault
• Edward Balliol, pretender to the Scottish throne during the reign of David II
• St. Edward the Confessor, the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex; patron saint of England until he was replaced by St. George in 1348.
• Edward the Elder, the son of Alfred the Great
• Edward the Martyr, English king and Christian martyr
• Edward I of England, the monarch who conquered Wales
• Edward II of England, King of England from 1307 until deposed in January, 1327
• Edward III of England, one of the most successful English kings of medieval times
• Edward IV of England, King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483
• Edward V of England, one of the Princes in the Tower
• Edward VI of England, the son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
• Edward VII of the United Kingdom, the son of Queen Victoria
• Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the son of George V
• for Portuguese Royalty see Duarte
• Lord Edward FitzGerald, Irish revolutionary

In politics

• Edward Dembowski, Polish leftist active in Cracow Uprising in 1846, philosopher and columnist
• Edward Brown, involved in a dispute with the U.S. government
• Edward Kennedy, United States Senator from Massachusetts
• Edward Stettinius, Jr., United States Secretary of State
• Edward Youde, the 26th Governor of Hong Kong
• Edward Jansen, Du mascotte van du VLD_DEP

In fiction

• Edward is one of the best known of the Child ballads.
• Edward, fictional platypus from Camp Lazlo
• Edward "Stubbs" Stubblefield, the fictional undead on Stubbs the Zombie in "Rebel Without a Pulse"
• Edward Elric, the main protagonist in the anime/manga series, Fullmetal Alchemist
• Edward Scissorhands, movie directed by Tim Burton and written by Caroline Thompson
• Edward the Blue Engine, a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
• Miles Edward O'Brien, character in the fictional Star Trek universe
• Edd "Kookie" Byrnes, character on 77 Sunset Strip
• Edward Chris von Muir, "spoony bard" of Final Fantasy IV.
• Edward Winnie-the-Pooh bear
• Edward Rochester, Romantic hero and Jane's lover in Jane Eyre
• Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from the anime Cowboy Bebop
• Edward Ferrars, character in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Edward Cullen, a vampire from Stephenie Meyer's book series Twilight