Ned (given Name)
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Ned is an English given name and variant of Ed, sometimes short for Edward,
Edmund Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Ed ...
, Edgar, or Edwin. Ned can also be a diminutive for the Slavic name Nedeljko.


People with the given name Ned, or its variants

* Ned Abraham (born 1961), Australian surgeon * Ted Alley (1881–1949), former Australian rules footballer listed in some sources as Ned Alley * Edward Almond (1892–1979), United States Army general best known as the commander of the Army's X Corps during the Korean War * Ned Ambler (born 1968 or 1969), American photographer and talent scout * Ned Austin (1925–2007), American actor * Ned Azemia (born 1997), Seychellois hurdler * Ned Barkas (1901–1962), English professional footballer * Ned Beatty (1937–2021), American actor * Ned Bellamy (born 1957), American actor * Ned Benson (born 1977), American filmmaker * Ned Bittinger (born 1951), American artist * Ned Block (born 1942), American philosopher * Ned Bouhalassa (born 1962), Canadian composer * Ned Boulting (born 1969), British sports journalist and television presenter * Ned Buntline (1821 or 1823–1886), American publisher, journalist, writer, and publicist * Ned Cameron (born 1987), American singer, songwriter, and record producer * Ned Catic (born 1978), Australian rugby league footballer * Ned Chaillet (born 1944), American-born British radio drama producer and director, writer and journalist * Ned Cobb (1885–1973), American tenant farmer * Ned Collette (born 1979), Australian musician and singer-songwriter * Ned Crotty (born 1986), American lacrosse player * Ned Cuthbert (1845–1905), American baseball player * Ned Daly (1891–1916), Dublin's 1st battalion commandant during the 1916 Easter Rising * Ned Dameron, American science fiction and fantasy artist * Ned Davis (1886–1961), Australian politician * Ned Day (1945–1987), American television journalist * Ned Dennehy (born 1965), Irish actor * Ned Donaghy, American soccer referee active in the 1920s and 1930s * Ned Dowd (born 1950), American film producer and former actor * Ned Eckersley (born 1989), English cricketer * Ned Eisenberg (1957-2022), American actor * Ned Endress (1918–2010), American basketball player * Ned Evett (born 1967), American guitarist, singer, and songwriter * Ned Fairchild (1929–2015), American songwriter * Ned Freed (born 1959), American software developer * Ned Garver (1925–2017), American baseball pitcher * Ned Glass (1906–1984), American character actor * Ned Goldreyer, American television writer, television producer and comedian * Ned Gregory (1839–1899), Australian cricketer * Ned Hanlan (1855–1908), Canadian professional sculler, hotelier and alderman * Ned Harris (1916–1976), American baseball player * Ned Herrmann (1922–1999), creator of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument * Ned Hollister (1876–1924), American biologist * Ned Irish (1905–1982), American basketball promoter * Ned Jarrett (born 1932), American race car driver * Ned Jenkins (1904–1990), Welsh rugby union player * Ned Kelly (1850s–1880), Australian outlaw and folk hero * Ned Lamont (born 1954), American businessman and politician, 89th Governor of Connecticut * Ned Luke (born 1958), American actor * Ned Maddrell (1877–1974), Manx fisherman * Ned Markosian, American philosopher * Ned Martel, American television writer and producer * Ned Martin (1923–2002), American sportscaster * Ned McGowan (lawyer) (1813–1893), American lawyer and politician * Ned McHenry (born 2000), Australian rules footballer * Ned McWherter (1930–2011), American politician * Ned Merriam (1884–1956), American track athlete, football player, and coach * Ned Mettam (1868–1943), English footballer * Ned Miller (1925–2016), American country music singer-songwriter * Ned O'Connor (1877–1956), Australian rules footballer * Ned Officer (1869–1927), Australian rules footballer * Ned O'Gorman (1929–2014), American poet and educator * Ned O'Keeffe (born 1942), Irish politician * Ned O'Sullivan (born 1950), Irish politician * Ned Palmer, British cheesemonger and author * Ned Price (born 1982), American Spokesperson for the United States Department of State * Ned Rorem (1923–2022), American composer and writer * Ned Scott (1907-1967), American photographer who worked in the Hollywood film industry * Ned Sherrin (1931–2007), British impresario, writer, game show host and raconteur * Ned Sparks (1883–1957), Canadian character actor * Ned Sublette (born 1951), American composer, musician, record producer, musicologist, and author * Ned Vizzini (1981–2013), American writer * Ned Yost (born 1955), American baseball player and manager


Fictional characters

* Ned Banks, a character from the ''Ghost Whisperer'' * Ned Bigby, the main protagonist of ''Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide'' * Ned Devine, deceased character from ''Waking Ned Devine'' (1998) * Ned Dorneget, a Cyber Division Special Agent in the police series ''NCIS'' * Ned Flanders, a character from ''The Simpsons'' * Ned Flemkin, the titular character from the Canadian animated television series '' Ned's Newt'' * Ned Gerblansky, a character from ''South Park'' * Ned Quartermaine, a character from the soap opera ''General Hospital'' * Ned Dorsey, one of the two main characters from the television series '' Ned and Stacey'' * Ned Land, a character from the 1870 adventure novel '' Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' * Ned Leeds, a character in ''Marvel Comics'' * Ned Merrill, a character from the 1964 short story " The Swimmer" * Ned Nederlander, one of the three protagonists in the 1986 western comedy '' Three Amigos'' * Ned Needlemeyer, the titular character from the short-lived 1997 animated series '' Nightmare Ned'' * Ned Nickerson, the boyfriend of ''Nancy Drew'' in the novels of the same name * Ned Plimpton, a character from the 2004 film '' The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'' * Ned Racine, a character from the 1981 film '' Body Heat'' * Ned Ryder, a character from the 1945 novel '' Brideshead Revisited'' * Ned Ryerson, a character from the 1993 comedy '' Groundhog Day'' * Ned Schneebly, a character from the 2003 comedy '' School of Rock'' * Ned Stark, a character from ''the A Song of Ice and Fire'' series * Ned, the main character from the television series ''Pushing Daisies'' * Ned, a character from the television series '' The Tribe'' * Ned, the titular host of talk show set in outer space, '' Earth to Ned'' * Ned, the wombat in '' The Koala Brothers'' * Ned, a creature in the music video for " Chlorine", a song by the band Twenty One Pilots * Ned, short for Nedwin, a character from the 2011 fantasy novel '' Beyonders: A World Without Heroes'' * Neddie Seagoon, a character in ''The Goon Show''


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