Forename Ned

Globally, Ned (Ned , نيد , 内德 , among others...) is a common principally male, but scarcely feminine given name. The first name Ned is characteristic of Ireland, where it is quite a rare male name, Australia, and the United States. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Australia. Much less frequently, Ned is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Ned

name Néd, name Nederst, name Ńéď, name Nĕd, name Ñëd, name نيد, name E, name נד, name Нед, name Ñëđ, name Ņęđ, name Недь, name 尼德, name เน๊ด, name Né, name Нэд, name 内德, name เนด, name Ñèd, name Nèd, name Ñéd, name エドワード, name Ned, name Nëd, name Ñêđ, name Nêd, name Nęd, name Ñed, name Ñêd, name Ed

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Ned	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Australia, Algeria, United States, Nigeria
نيد	Algeria, Saudi Arabia
内德	China
נד	Israel
Нед	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

E, Ed, Nederst, Nèd, Né, Néd, Nêd, Nëd, Nĕd, Nęd, Ñed, Ñèd, Ñéd, Ñêd, Ñêđ, Ñëd, Ñëđ, Ńéď, Ņęđ, Недь, Нэд, เนด, เน๊ด, エドワード, and 尼德

First name Ned in the context

Ned is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Ned Flanders , the fictional character from The Simpsons franchise; Ned Kelly , the Australian fictional bushranger in the 2003 live-action film Ned Kelly; Ned Land , the character created by Jules Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Ned Moffat , the fictional character from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Ned Leeds , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, The Amazing Spider-Man, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	ned ward English writer, GB (b. 1667)
	ned ludd person from whom, it is popularly claimed, the Luddites took their name (b. 1750)
	ned wenman cricketer (1803-1879), GB (b. 1803)
	ned mcgowan American lawyer (b. 1813)
	ned young British sailor, mutineer from the HMS Bounty, KN (b. 1766)
	ned buntline American novelist, US (b. 1821)
	ned gregory Australian cricketer (1839-1899), AU (b. 1839)
	ned turner Person; male; Pugilist; British; 1791-1826 (b. 1791)
	ned myers American sailor, US (b. 1793)
	ned cuthbert American baseball player, US (b. 1845)
	ned christie Cherokee leader (1852-1892), US (b. 1852)
	ned kelly Australian bushranger (1854–1880), AU (b. 1854)
	ned hanlan Canadian professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman, CA (b. 1855)
	ned hanlon American baseball player, coach, manager (1857-1937), US (b. 1857)
	ned williamson American Major League Baseball player, US (b. 1857)