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Ned (M)>

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.