Edward Cullen was created in 2000.
 She chose the name "Edward" because she thought it was "a name that had once been considered romantic, but had fallen out of popularity for decades"
== Film portrayal ===== Casting ===Prior to the role of Edward being cast for the 2008 Twilight film, Meyer opined that, although Edward was "Indisputably the most difficult character to cast, [he] is also the one that I'm most passionately decided upon

