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Re: The name Edd
by Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)
6/23/2007, 8:07 AM
in reply to a message by William Roberts
What kind of information do you want?It's probably just an unusual respelling of Ed.
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- William Roberts (guest)   +3
6/23/2007, 9:33 AM
I live on the east coast and have seen quite a number of people with the name Edd. I was told that it is old English and was from the word Edward. I have seen the name Ed defined but never Edd.
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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)   +2
6/23/2007, 10:21 AM
Well, what you were told is correct. Edd is just a spelling variation of Ed, and Ed is most often a pet form of Edward, though it can be from Edgar, Edmund, Edwin, or any other name starting with Ed. And the "Ed-" syllable in all of those names goes back to an Old English word that meant "prosperity" or "rich".

This message was edited 6/23/2007, 10:21 AM

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- William Roberts (guest)   +1
6/23/2007, 4:51 PM
I appreciate the information on the Name Edd very much.
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- Kerri (guest)
6/27/2007, 10:33 PM
He's friends with Ed and Eddy... other than that I dunno much about why someone would spell it Edd...
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