Edwards (surname) explained

Edwards
Meaning:	Son of Edward
Origin:	English
Footnotes:	Frequency Comparison:^[1]

Edwards is a patronymic surname of English origin, meaning "son of Edward". Edwards is the 14th most common surname in Wales and 21st most common in England.^[1] Within the United States, it was ranked as the 49th-most common surname as surveyed in 1990,^[2] falling to 51st in 2014.^[1]

People with the surname include

A

• Aaron Edwards (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
• Aaron Edwards (football) (born 1969), Gibraltarian footballer
• Ada Mae Edwards (1911–2004), Saint Kitts and Nevis politician

• Alexander Edwards (1885–1918), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross

• A. M. Edwards (1905–1987), American lawyer and statesman who served as Secretary of Guam
• Allyn Edwards (1914 or 1915 - 1968), American announcer and host on radio and television
• Amanda Edwards, American politician
• Amelia Edwards (1831–1892), English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist
• Amelia Edwards (publisher), co-founder of Walker Books
• Amy Edwards, Australian actor and singer
• Andy Edwards (footballer, born 1971), English footballer and manager
• Andy Edwards (footballer, born 1965), Welsh footballer
• Andy Edwards (musician), English drummer
• Andy Edwards (sculptor), English artist
• Andrew Edwards (cricketer) (born 1978), English cricketer
• Andrew David Edwards (born 1958), American serial killer
• Anthony William Fairbank Edwards (born 1935), British statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist
• Anthony Edwards (actor) (born 1962), American actor and director
• Anthony Edwards (American football) (born 1966), American football wide receiver
• Anthony Edwards (basketball) (born 2001), American basketball player
• Anthony Edwards (rower) (born 1972), Australian Olympic rower
• Antony Edwards (1910–1978), English cricketer

• Archie Edwards (1918–1998), American Piedmont blues guitarist
• Astra Edwards (born 1981), Trinidadian table tennis player
• Austin Edwards (born 1997), American football player
• Austin Burton Edwards (1909–1960), Australian mineralogist and petrologist

B

• Bela Bates Edwards (1802–1852), American theologian

• Bernard Edwards (American football) (born 1969), American football player

• Billy Edwards Jr., American college football player
• Blake Edwards (1922–2010), American film director, screenwriter and producer
• Blake Edwards (cricketer) (born 1999), Australian cricketer

• Braylon Edwards (born 1983), American football wide receiver

C

• Caitlyn Edwards (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
• Carl Edwards (born 1979), American racing driver

• Carlos Edwards (born 1978), Trinidadian former footballer
• Carsen Edwards (born 1998), American basketball player
• Charles Edwards (journalist) (1906–1983), Canadian journalist and news agency executive
• Charlie Edwards (boxer) (born 1993), British boxer
• Charlotte Edwards (born 1979), English cricketer
• Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American sprinter
• Clarence Edwards (blues musician) (1933–1993), American blues musician
• Chet Edwards (born 1951), American politician
• Clement Edwards (1869–1938), Welsh lawyer, journalist, activist and politician
• Clement Alexander Edwards (1812–1882), British soldier
• Clarence Ransom Edwards (1860–1931), American military general
• Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), American musician and actor
• Cliff Edwards (footballer) (1921–1989), English footballer
• Colin Edwards (born 1974), American motorcycle racer

• Cyrus Edwards (1793–1877), American politician and lawyer

D

• Daijun Edwards (born 2001), American football player

• Daniel Edwards (born 1965), American contemporary artist

• Derek Edwards (born 1958), Canadian comedian
• Derek Edwards (rugby league) (flourished 1960s–1970s, died 2020), English rugby league footballer
• Dianne Edwards (born 1942), Welsh paleobotanist
• Doc Edwards (1936–2018), American baseball player, coach, and manager
• Don Edwards (1915–2015), American politician

• Donna Edwards (born 1958), American politician
• Donna Edwards (actress) (born 1963), Welsh actress

• Doug Edwards (born 1971), American professional basketball player
• Doug Edwards (musician) (1946–2016), Canadian musician
• Douglas Edwards (1917–1990), American television news anchor
• Duncan Edwards (1936–1958), English association footballer

E

• Ed Edwards, British corporate executive and film director

• Edwin Edwards (1927–2021), American politician, including Governor of Louisiana

F

• Federico Edwards (1931–2016), Argentine footballer
• Felicia Edwards (born 1993), American sprinter
• Fidel Edwards (born 1982), Barbadian cricketer

G

• Gareth Edwards (born 1947), Welsh rugby union player

• Gaston Alonzo Edwards (1875–1943) American architect, educator

• George Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Glen Edwards (pilot), American test pilot, namesake of Edwards Air Force Base
• Glynn Edwards (1931–2018), British actor
• Graham Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people

H

• Harold C. Edwards (1899–1989), British surgeon
• Harold Leslie Edwards (1893–1951), Canadian World War I flying ace
• Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938), American journalist, novelist, and poet
• Helen Edwards (artist) (1882–1963), British artist
• Henrietta Edwards, Canadian feminist and author
• Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828–1906), English journalist and author

• Herm Edwards, American football player and coach
• Hugh Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sir Hughie Edwards, RAF Air Commodore, Governor of Western Australia
• Humphrey Edwards (1582–1658), English commissioner, courtier, and member of Parliament
• Huw Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people

I

• India Edwards (died 1990), Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
• Iwan Edwards (1937–2022), Canadian choral conductor

J

• J. Gordon Edwards (director) (1867–1925), Canadian film director
• J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist and mountaineer) (1919–2004), American entomologist, mountain climber, author, and park ranger
• Jack Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jackie Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jamal Edwards (1990–2022), British entrepreneur
• James Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jango Edwards, American clown and entertainer
• Jimmy Edwards, English Comedian
• John Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joyce Edwards (born 2006), American basketball player
• Junior D. Edwards (1926–1951), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Justin Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people

K

• Kathryn Edwards (born 1964), American actress
• Kenny Edwards (rugby league) (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player
• Kirk Edwards (born 1983), Barbadian cricketer
• Kyle Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kyler Edwards (born 2000), American basketball player

L

• Laila Edwards (born 2004), American ice hockey player
• LaVell Edwards (1930–2016), American football coach
• LeRoy Edwards (1914–1971), American basketball player
• Lewis Edwards (1809–1887), Welsh educator
• Lewis A. Edwards (1811–1879), New York politician
• Louis Edwards (1914–1980), Chairman of Manchester United
• Louis F. Edwards (1892–1939), American politician
• Lucy Edwards, British disability activist and educator
• Leon Edwards, English MMA fighter

M

• Mack Ray Edwards (1918–1971), American criminal
• Mark Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Marshall Edwards (born 1952), American baseball player
• Marshall Edwards (American football) (1915–2000), American football player
• Martin Edwards (born 1945), English football chairman
• Martin Edwards (author) (born 1955), English writer
• Mary Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mel Edwards (born 1937), American sculptor
• Michael Edwards (disambiguation), also Mike Edwards, multiple people
• Mihi Edwards (1918-2008), writer, social worker, teacher and Maori leader
• Monroe Edwards (1808–1847), American forger and slave trader
• Myrtle Edwards (1921–2010), Australian cricketer and softball player

N

• Natalie Edwards (born 1978), former senior official with the United States Treasury
• Ness Edwards (1897–1968) Welsh miner, trade unionist and politician
• Nelson "Jack" Edwards (died 1974), first African-American to hold a seat on the UAW's International Executive Board
• Ninian Edwards (1775–1833), American politician
• Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809–1899), American politician

O

• Oliver Edwards (1835–1904), American inventor and soldier

P

• Patrick Edwards (born 1988), American football player
• Paul Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Perrie Edwards (born 1993), English singer
• Phil Edwards (disambiguation), Phil and Philip, multiple people
• Pierpont Edwards (1750–1826), American lawyer

R

• R. T. Edwards, pseudonym of Ron Goulart, writer
• Ray Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ray K. Edwards (1923–1942), United States Marine who received the Silver Star
• Richey Edwards (1967–1995 (presumed)), Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers)
• Rhys Edwards (1991–2016), Welsh rugby union coach

• Roger Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ronnie Claire Edwards (1933–2016), American actress
• Ronnie Edwards (politician) (1952–2016), American politician
• Roy Edwards (1937–1999), Canadian ice hockey player
• Roy Edwards (politician) (1954–2020), American politician

S

• Sally Edwards (born 1947), American triathlete
• Sam Edwards (disambiguation), Sam and Samuel, multiple people
• Sara Edwards (born 1962), Welsh television presenter
• Sara Edwards (American television host)
• Sarah Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sebastián Edwards (born 1953) Chilean economist, writer, speaker, UCLA professor, consultant
• Sean Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Shane Edwards (born 1988), Australian rules football player
• Shane Edwards (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player
• Shania Twain (née Eilleen Regina Edwards, born 1965), Canadian singer
• Shaun Edwards (born 1966), English Rugby League player and Rugby Union coach
• Stacy Edwards (born 1965), American actress
• Stan Edwards (born 1960), American football player
• Stan Edwards (footballer born 1942), English footballer
• Stan Edwards (footballer born 1926) (1926–1989), English footballer
• Stearne Tighe Edwards (1893-1918), Canadian flying ace

• Steve Edwards (singer) (born 1980), English singer
• Sunny Edwards (born 1996), British boxer

T

• "Big Boy" Teddy Edwards, American blues musician
• Thyra J. Edwards (1857–1953), African-American educator, journalist, labor activist, and social worker
• Tia Edwards (born 1995), American sitting volleyball player
• T. J. Edwards (born 1996), American football player
• Tommy Edwards (1922–1969), American singer-songwriter
• Tony Edwards (born 1944), Australian comic book artist and illustrator
• Torri Edwards (born 1977), American sprinter
• Trevor Edwards (1937–2024), Welsh footballer
• Tudor Edwards (1890–1946), Welsh thoracic surgeon

V

• Victoria Edwards (born 1948), New Zealand artist, printmaker and art educator
• Vivian Edwards (1896–1949), American actress in silent films

W

• Walter Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wilfred Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Willarda V. Edwards, African American physician
• William Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wynn Edwards (1842–1900), American politician

X

• Xavier Edwards (born 1999), American baseball player

Y

• Yvvette Edwards, British novelist of Caribbean heritage

Z

• Zena Edwards (born 1960s), British poet of Caribbean heritage

Others

• Edwards (baseball), given name unknown
• Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919), English novelist and writer
• Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French zoologist
• Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885), French naturalist
• V. C. Wynne-Edwards (1906–1997), British zoologist
• Yvonne Edwards Tucker (born 1941), maiden name Edwards, American potter

See also

• Diane Modahl (born 1966 as Diane Edwards), English middle-distance runner
• Edwards family, of Chile
• Edward
• Edwardes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edwards Surname Meaning and Distribution . forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
2. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published 9 May 1995; <https://web.archive.org/web/19970321024534/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last>