Meaning & Origin
A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
Eddie is a boy's and girl's baby name of Old English origin, a diminutive of Edward — from the Old English Eadweard, combining ead ("wealth, fortune") and weard ("guard"), meaning "wealthy guardian." Eddie developed as a friendly, informal given name in the English-speaking world.
Eddie was in the U.S. top 50 boys' names from the 1880s through the 1940s. Eddie Murphy's comedic brilliance, Eddie Van Halen's guitar wizardry, and Eddie Vedder's grunge intensity show just how wide the name's creative range actually runs. It's the kind of name that never needs to be anything but exactly itself.