Eddie (given name)

Eddie
Pronunciation/ˈɛdi/
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameEnglish
MeaningWealth defender
Other names
Alternative spellingEddy
Related namesEdward, Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, Edsel, Eduardo, Edmundo, Ed

Eddie or Eddy is a diminutive for given names such as Edward, Edmund, Edgar, Edison, Edsel, Edwin, Eduardo, Edmundo or Ed. It is also occasionally used as a given name on its own. Notable people known as Eddie or Eddy include:

Sports

Music

Acting

Politics

Other professions

  • Eddie Bauer (1899–1986), American outdoorsman, inventor, author, and businessman
  • Eddie Carmel (born Oded Ha-Carmeili; 1936–1972), Israeli-born entertainer with gigantism and acromegaly, popularly known as "The Jewish Giant"
  • Eddy de Jongh (born 1931), Dutch art historian
  • Eddie Fitte (born 1987), Argentinian journalist, writer
  • Eddie Gossage (born 1958), American businessman, race promoter
  • Eddie Linden (1935–2023), Scottish-Irish poet and magazine editor
  • Eddie Mosley (1947–2020), American serial killer
  • Eddie Price III (born 1953), Louisiana elected official
  • Eddie Rickenbacker (1890–1973), American World War I flying ace, credited with shooting down more enemy planes than any other American pilot during that conflict
  • Eddie Villanueva (born 1946), Filipino evangelist and president-founder of the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide
  • Eddie Woo, Australian mathematician

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See also