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Edvard
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Eðvarð
Danish
Proper noun
da male Edward
Related terms
da Teddy
Descendants
is Eðvarð 1
fo Edvard 1 or possibly directly from English
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male Edward
Usage notes
m Edvardsson Edvardsdóttir
Declension
Edvard Edvard Edvardi Edvards
Finnish
Alternative forms
fi Eedvard
Etymology
From fi sv Edvard, from fi en Edward, fi ang Ēadweard, literal meaning guard of (the) riches, guard of wealth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male Edward
Usage notes
Mainly used of foreign kings and historical persons, or as a middle name.
Declension
Edvard a 0
Related terms
vernacular form fi Eetu
Statistics
dvv_20250813 304 5309 600
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Edvard no
Alternative forms
nb Edevard, nb Edvar, nb Edvardt, nb Edvart historical Norwegian variants
Etymology
nb en Edward, from nb ang Ēadweard, from nb gmw-pro *Audawardu, from nb gem-pro *Audawarduz, composed of gem-pro *audaz wealth, riches and gem-pro *warduz guard, guardian. nb Audvard. 16th century in Norway.
Compare da Edvard, sv Edvard, fo Edvard and is Eðvarð male given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈɛd.ʋɑrd/ [ˈɛd.ʋɑɖ]
nb ɑɖ 2
nb Ed vard
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male English < Old English Edward
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Edvard is 18 March, shared with nb Aleksander and nb Sander.
The name had one major period of popularity around 1900 and another beginning after 2010.
Derived terms
nb Edvarda female given name
nb Edvardsen patronymic surname
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 3,532 men in Norway had nb Edvard as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway.
References
“Edvard” in Store norske leksikon.
“Edvard” at Nordic Names.
Slovene
sl:
Pronunciation
Ẹ̑dvard
Proper noun
Ẹ̑dvard m-an
sl male Edward
Declension
Édvard 1
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Edvard.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male Edward
Related terms
sv Ted