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Ed (male)

Diminutive for:Edelény (M) Edgar (M) Edmund (M) Edömér (M) Edward (M) Edwin (M)
Pet Name(s):Eddie (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG

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Notes:

English diminutive for several names beginning Ed-, see above.

Also found in Hungarian, possibly also as a diminutive for names beginning Ed-, see above.
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