42%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Anglo-Saxon [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and weald "powerful, mighty". This was the name of an 8th-century king of East Anglia. Related Names Rootsead + weald Categories fortune, kings, power, rulers, strength, wealth Sources & References Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
