This article is about the surname "Edwards". For other uses, see
Edwards.
Not to be confused with
Edwardes, a related surname.
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]
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Word/name | English |
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Meaning | Son of Edward |
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A
- Turk Edwards (Albert Glen Edwards, 1907–1973), American football tackle and coach
- Alex Edwards (born 1975), English cricketer
- Allen Edwards (cricketer) (1868–1961), Australian cricketer
- 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
- Arthur Edwards (antiquary) (died 1743), English army officer and antiquary
B
- Bob Edwards (politician) (1905–1990), British trade unionist and member of parliament for Bilston and Wolverhampton South East
C
- Carl Edwards Jr. (born 1991), American baseball player
- 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
- Colin Edwards (footballer) (1991–2013), Guyanese footballer
D
- Danny Edwards (born 1951), American professional golfer
- 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
- Don Edwards (cowboy singer) (1935-6 –2022), American singer and guitarist
E
- "Eddie the Eagle" Edwards (born 1963), real name Michael Edwards, British ski jumper
F
- Tenny Edwards (Frank Nutinous Edwards, 1904–1977), American baseball player
H
- Harold Edwards (rugby league) (1909–1993), Welsh rugby league footballer
- 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
- Ringer Edwards (Herbert James Edwards, 1913–2000), Australian soldier
- Bert Edwards (cricketer) (Herbert Charles Edwards, 1913–2002), English cricketer
- 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
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
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
- Steven Edwards (basketball) (born 1973), American basketball player
- Steven Edwards (journalist) (1957–2024), British-born Canadian journalist, formerly with Canwest News Service
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
Z
- Zena Edwards (born 1960s), British poet of Caribbean heritage
U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published 9 May 1995; <>