Eddy
[ˈɛdi]Meaning
diminutive of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed
Background Story
Eddy is a diminutive of Edward, Edmund and other names beginning with Ed, formed with the suffix -y. Behind the Name records it as a notable bearer the Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx (1945-). It is used in Albanian, Anglo-Saxon, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian and Finnish, among other languages.
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