Eadred (given name)

Eadred or Edred is an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name, from ēad "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and ræd "counsel". Notable people with the name include:


 * Eadred (923–955), king of England
 * Eadred (bishop) (died 1042), Bishop of Durham
 * Eadred Lulisc (fl. late 9th century), abbot of Carlisle
 * Eadred Ætheling (died c. 1012), a son of King Æthelred the Unready
 * Stephen Edred Flowers (born c. 1953), American occultist
 * Edred John Henry Corner (1906–1996), English botanist and mycologist
 * Edred Utomi (born 1991), Nigerian-American stage actor