Eddie (given name)
Eddie | |
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Pronunciation | /ˈɛdi/ |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | English |
Meaning | Wealth defender |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Eddy |
Variant form(s) | Ed, Eddy |
Related names | Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, Edsel |
Eddie or Eddy is a diminutive for Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edsel or Edwin. It is also occasionally used as a given name on its own and may refer to:
Sports
- Eddie Aikau (1946-1978), American surfer
- Eddie Charlton (1929-2004), Australian snooker and billiards player
- Eddie Charlton (1988-), English squash player
- Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
- Eddy Curry, American professional basketballer
- Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, British ski jumper
- Eddie Elder, American football player
- Eddie Fatu (1973-2009), Samoan-American wrestler
- Eddie Foster (born 1954), American football player
- Eddie Guardado, American baseball closer
- Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005), Mexican-American professional wrestler
- Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish Formula One driver
- Eddie Jones (basketball), basketball player
- Eddie Jones (rugby union), Australian rugby coach and former player
- Eddy Koaz (born 1959), Israeli Olympic judoka
- Eddy Merckx, retired Belgian professional cyclist
- Eddie Miles, American footbal player
- Eddie O'Sullivan, head coach of Irish rugby team
- Eddie Price, Tulane University Green Wave and NFL running back
Music
- Eddy Arnold, American singer and musician
- Eddie Cochran, American rockabilly musician
- Eddy Grant, reggae musician
- Eddie "Evil Eddie" Jacobson, frontman for Australian band Butterfingers
- Eddie McGuire, Australian television presenter and businessman
- Eddie Money, American rock musician
- Eddie Morton, rag-time singer
- Eddie Van Halen, guitarist and songwriter
- Eddie Vedder, frontman of the band Pearl Jam
- Eddie the Head, mascot of the band Iron Maiden
Television
- Eddie Cibrian, Cuban-American actor
- Eddie Izzard, British stand-up comedian and actor
- Eddie Murphy, African-American comedian and actor
- Eddie Paskey, U.S. actor primarily known for his mostly uncredited role as "Lieutenant Leslie" in Star Trek
Fictional characters
- Eddie Brock, anti-hero also known as Venom
- Eddie Carr, field researcher from the The Lost World by Michael Crichton
- Eddie, a dog in the American sitcom Frazier
- Eddie Dean (The Dark Tower), from The Dark Tower
- Eddy Gordo, in the video game series Tekken
- Eddie Elizabeth Hitler, from the 1990s British comedy show Bottom, played by Adrian Edmondson
- Eddie Menuek, from the sitcom Friends
- Eddie Morra, in the 2011 film Limitless
- Eddie Valiant, from Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Other
- Eddie Charlton (banker) (1948-) English banker
- Eddie Price III, Louisiana elected official
- Eddie Rickenbacker, Allied World War I flying ace, credited with shooting down more enemy planes than any other American pilot during that conflict
- Eddie the Head, the mascot of the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden
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