Ned is an English given name and variant of Ed, sometimes short for Edward, Edmund, Edgar, or Edwin.
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 Nickname of 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 (1932–2026), 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 Nickname of Edwin Gray Lee (1836-1870), a Confederate brigadier general and American lawyer who was a cousin once removed of the famous Robert E. Lee 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 and Jimbo Kern's friend 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
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