Ned
Ned Origin and Meaning
Ned is a gently old-fashioned Nancy Drew-Bobbsey Twins-era short form for Edward that sounds cooler than Ed and is enjoying a small style renaissance.
Usage of Ned in literature goes back to a Ben Johnson character in 1614, and it is also the name of the protagonist in James Fenimore Cooper's Ned Myers. In Australia, Ned Kelly is famous as a larger-than-life legendary outlaw figure. In this country, Ned Rorem is a respected modern composer.
There was a 1990s sitcom called Ned and Stacey, and other Neds have appeared in The Simpsons (neighbor Flanders), Groundhog Day and School of Rock. Ned Stark is a prominent, and unusually heroic, character in Game of Thrones, giving the name some new cultural cache, though we can't recommend using his proper name, Eddard.
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Ned Rank in US Top 1000
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Popularity of the name Ned
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Famous People Named Ned
- Ned RoremAmerican composer
- Ned Payne AustinAmerican actor
- Edward "Ned" KellyAustralian bushranger and folk hero
- Edward Hugh "Ned" HanlonAmerican basebal player
- Ned Rocknroll (born Abel Smith)nephew of Richard Branson, husband of actress Kate Winslet
- Edgar Frederick "Ned" Yost IIIAmerican baseball player and manager
- Ned WashingtonAmerican lyricist
- Ned Thomas BeattyAmerican actor
- Ned JarrettAmerican NASCAR driver
- Ned EisenbergAmerican actor
- Ned FulmerAmerican actor and director for Buzzfeed
- Ned HepburnAmerican writer and blogger
- Edward Miner "Ned" LamontAmerican businessman and politician
- Nusyn "Ned" GlassPolish,American actor
- Ned BellamyAmerican actor
- Edmund "Ned" Foleyson of actor Dave Foley
The name Ned in Pop Culture
- Nedward "Ned" Flanderscharacter on TV's "The Simpsons"
- Eddard "Ned" Starkcharacter in the Game of Thrones series
- Ned Ryersoncharacter in movie "Groundhog Day"
- Ned Dorseymain character on TV's "Ned & Stacey"
- Ned the Pie Makermain character on TV's "Pushing Daisies"
- Ned Bigbycharacter on TV's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide"
- Ned Nickersonboyfriend in the Nancy Drew series
- Nedcharacter on TV's "The Tribe"
- Ned Dornegetcharacter on TV's "NCIS"
- Ned Gerblanskycharacter in the television series South Park
- Ned Landcharacter in book/film "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
- Ned Nederlanderone of the "Three Amigos"
- Ned Plimptoncharacter in the film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
- Ned Quartermainecharacter on American soap "General Hospital"
- Ned Rydercharacter in Evelyn Waugh's "Brideshead Revisited"
- Ned Schneeblycharacter in the 2003 film School of Rock
- Nedwin "Ned" character in the book series "Beyonders: A World Without Heroes"
- Ned Bankscharacter on TV's "Ghost Whisperer"
- Ned Parkercharacter on Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Edward "Ned" Leedscharacter in the movie "Spider,Man: Homecoming"
- Ned Henrymain character of Connie Willis's novel "To Say Nothing of the Dog"
- "Ned's Newt" Canadian animated series
- "The Misfortune of Being Ned" animated web series
- "Waking Ned Devine" 1998 Irish film
- NedScottish derogatory term for hooligans, louts or criminals
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