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Edward

إدواردIn Arabic

Meaning
Guardian of wealth (Old English ead 'wealth' + weard 'guardian')
About the name
The name was common in Anglo-Saxon England and came back into fashion when Henry III named his eldest son Edward, to promote the cult of Edward the Confessor. It reached Portugal and Spain, as Duarte and Eduardo, in the 15th century through a Portuguese king whose mother was English.
For
A boy
Origin
English, Germanic
Other spellings
Eduard, Eduardo, Édouard

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

Sources

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