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What does the name Edna mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Edna

User Submitted Origins

Hebrew
67%
English
24%
Nigerian
3%
Scottish
3%
Spanish
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. A submission from Nigeria says the name Edna means "Pleasure or delight" and is of Hebrew origin.
  2. A submission from Ghana says the name Edna means "Pleasant" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Wiktionary

From Hebrew [Term?] (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the apocryphal Book of Tobit.

In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
  2. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.

Edna was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano, Faroese, Portuguese, Scots, and Tagalog

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Notable Persons Named Edna

Notable Persons Named Edna

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn is an actress. She was most prominent from 1958 to present. Ellen was given the name Edna Rae Gillooly on December 7th, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Ellen is also known as Ellen McRae.

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Dorothy Squires

Dorothy Squires was a traditional pop music, pop, and billboard hot 100 musician. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1936 to 1990. Dorothy was given the name Edna May Squires on March 25th, 1915 in Pontyberem, Carmarthenshire, Wales. She passed away on April 14th, 1998.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay was a poet and lyric poetry. Edna was born on February 22nd, 1892 in Rockland, Maine. She died on October 19th, 1950.

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Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin was an actress/singer. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1936 to 1948. Deanna was given the name Edna Mae Durbin on December 4th, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She breathed her last breath in 2013.

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Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx is a writer. Annie was given the name Edna Ann Proulx on August 22nd, 1935 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States.

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Edna Purviance

Her most notable accomplishments were from 1915 to 1915. Edna was given the name Olga Edna Purviance on October 21st, 1895 in Paradise Valley, Nevada, United States. She passed away on January 11th, 1958.

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  • Edna Ferber
    Novelist
  • Edna May Oliver
    Actress
  • Edna Best
    Actress
  • Edna Swithenbank Manley
    Artist
  • Eden Hartford
  • Edna Parker
    Former Teacher
  • Edna Foa
  • Edna Kelly
    Secretary of the House Democratic Caucus
  • Edna Wallace Hopper
    Actress
  • Edna Murphy
    Actress
  • Edna Goodrich
    Film
  • Edna May
  • Edna Schmidt
    News Presenter
  • Edna Flugrath
    Actress

Fun Facts about the name Edna

  • What name lists does Edna rank for?
    #126Most Popular Girl Names
    #11Old-Fashioned Girl Names
  • How Popular is the name Edna? Edna is the 247th most popular name of all time.
  • How many people with the first name Edna have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 295,526 babies born with the first name Edna in the United States. That's more than enough people named Edna to occupy the territory of French Polynesia (France) with an estimated population of 277,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Edna? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 588 new born babies.
  • When was Edna first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Edna is Sunday, December 1st, 1867.
  • What year had the most people named Edna born? The highest recorded use of the first name Edna was in 1918 with a total of 8,698 babies. That's a lot of babies named Edna!
  • Random Edna Factoid: According to the 1920 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Edna ranks 17th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Florida. Imagine that, 111 babies in Florida have the same name in 1920.
  • Weird things about the name Edna: The name spelled backwards is Ande. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Enad. How do you pronounce that?
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