Details for the forename Ned

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Ned (male)


Variants:	Ted (M)
Diminutive(s):	Nedeen (M)
Diminutive for:	Edward (M)
Pet Name(s):	Neddie (M)
Pet Name for:	Éamon (M) Éamonn (M) Edgar (M) Edmund (M)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Personal communication [MS]
Notes:	English short form or pet name for Edward [q.v.], from pre-Norman Old English, "prosperous guardian". Occasionally a given name in its own right. Ned may also be a pet name for Edwin and Edmund and, in Ireland, for Éamonn. A personal correspndent [MS] has reported that the further diminutive, Nedeen [= "little Ned"], is also found in Ireland.