Ned is an English given name and variant of Ed, sometimes short for Edward, Edmund, Edgar, or Edwin. Ned can also be a diminutive for the Slavic name Nedeljko.

People with the given name Ned, or its variants

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  • 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

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