Edna



Gender:
Origin: Gaelic, Hebrew
163 famous people named Edna found on Wikipedia.
294326 female, 1042 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1737-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 11-th in year 1899
Used in: Biblical, English, Irish, Scottish

Meanings

A female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.


Edna (Hebrew: עֶדְנָה‎‎) is a female given name originating from several languages. In Hebrew, it means "pleasure". Various women named Edna are referenced in the Old Testament apocryphal books Jubilees (where the wives of Enoch, Methuselah, and Terah are all so named) and Tobit. The name Edna may also be an Anglicized form of the Irish and Scottish name Eithne, meaning "kernel" in Gaelic. This was a very popular girl's name in the United States in the early 20th century, but has since become unfashionable. It is also a very rare surname. Edna, as derived from Hebrew, is closely related etymologically to the name Eden.


Fem. proper name, from Greek, from Hebrew ednah "delight" (see Eden). Related to Arabic ghadan "luxury." Among the top 20 names for girls born in the U.S. every year from 1889 to 1917.


Means: Kernel, nut in Irish. Rejuvenation, delight in Hebrew.

Famous People: 163 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Edna Krabappel Fictional character from the The Simpsons franchise
2 Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892 American poet
3 Edna Purviance 1895 Actress
4 Edna O'Brien 1930 Novelist, memoirist, biographer, playwright, poet and short story writer
5 Edna Ferber 1885 Novelist, playwright
6 Edna Birch
7 Edna May Oliver 1883 Actress
8 Edna Lewis 1916 American chef
9 Edna Best 1900 British actress
10 Edna Skinner 1921 Actress
11 Edna Manley 1900 Jamaican sculptor
12 Edna Buchanan 1939 American writer
13 Edna Parker 1893 American supercentenarian
14 Edna Velho 1964 Brazilian actress
15 Edna Doré 1921 English actress
16 Edna Rose Ritchings 1925 Symbolic maintainer of the International Peace Movement
17 Edna Gladney 1886 American activist
18 Edna Adan Ismail 1937 Somaliland politician
19 Edna Kiplagat 1979 Kenyan long-distance runner
20 Edna Molewa 1957 South African politician
21 Edna Healey 1918 British writer
22 Edna B. Foa 1937 Israeli psychologist
23 Edna Murray 1898 Bank robber
24 Edna May Wonacott 1932 American child actress
25 Edna Schmidt 1969 Puerto Rican journalist
26 Edna Savage 1936 British singer
27 Edna Woolman Chase 1877 Magazine editor
28 Edna Wallace Hopper 1872 American actress
29 Edna Campbell 1968 American basketball player
30 Edna Walling 1895 Australian gardener
31 Edna F. Kelly 1906 American politician
32 Edna Mae Harris 1910 American actress
33 Edna Tepava 1956 French model
34 Edna Gundersen American journalist
35 Edna Falao 1938 Norwegian actress
36 Edna Griffin 1909 American activist
37 Edna May 1878 American actress and singer
38 Edna Elias 1954 Canadian politician
39 Edna Goodrich 1883 American actress
40 Edna Golandsky Musician
41 Edna Murphy 1899 Actress
42 Edna Stern 1977 Belgian-Israeli pianist
43 Edna Andrade 1917 American artist
44 Edna Clarke Hall 1879 English artist
45 Edna Marion 1906 American actress
46 Edna Gardner Whyte 1902 American aviator
47 Edna Staebler 1906 Canadian writer
48 Edna Arbel 1944 Israeli judge
49 Edna Béjarano 1951 German singer
50 Edna Fischel Gellhorn 1878 American suffragist
51 Edna Flugrath 1892 American actress
52 Edna Anhalt 1914 Screenwriter
53 Edna Iturralde 1948 Ecuadorian writer
54 Edna Greene Medford American historian
55 Edna Reindel 1894 Surrealist and American Regionalist painter, sculptor and muralist and art educator
56 Edna Diefenbaker 1901 Wife of Canadian Prime Minister
57 Edna Gallmon Cooke 1918 Gospel singer
58 Edna Brown 1940 American politician
59 Edna Longley 1940 Irish literary critic
60 Edna Guy 1907 Modern dancer
61 Edna Madzongwe 1943 Zimbabwean politician
62 Edna Hicks 1895 American blues singer and musician.
63 Edna Mayne Hull 1905 Canadian writer
64 Edna Brocke 1943 German judaic scholar
65 Edna Anderson 1922 Canadian politician
66 Edna Luby 1884 American actress
67 Edna Patterson Russian Spy
68 Edna de Cássia 1959 Brazilian actress
69 Edna Carrillo 1991 Mexican judoka
70 Edna Coll 1906 Puerto Rican writer
71 Edna McGriff 1935 American rhythm and blues singer and pianist
72 Edna Kalb 1959 Dutch voice actress
73 Edna Grossman 2000 American mathematician
74 Edna Alford 1947 Canadian author and editor
75 Edna Maison 1892 Actress
76 Edna O'Shaughnessy 1924
77 Edna Phillips 1907 American musician
78 Edna Kramer 1902 Mathematician
79 Edna McClure American stage actor
80 Edna Kenton 1876
81 Edna O. Simpson 1891 American politician
82 Edna Davies 1905 British actress
83 Edna Maskell 1928 South African and Zambian hurdler and sprinter
84 Edna Dean Baker 1883 American educator
85 Edna Mann 1926 Painter
86 Edna Mae Wilson 1907 American silent film actress
87 Edna W. Underwood 1873 American writer and translator
88 Edna Hughes 1916 British swimmer, Olympic bronze medallist
89 Edna Iles 1905 British pianist
90 Edna L. Emme
91 Edna Garabedian Singer and opera director
92 Edna Michell
93 Edna Wildey American tennis player
94 Edna Buckman Kearns 1882 American suffragist
95 Edna Scheer 1926 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
96 Edna Márcia Lopes
97 Edna Shavit 1935 Israeli academic
98 Edna Mayo 1895 American actress
99 Edna Hall Scott Kump 1887 First Lady of West Virginia
100 Edna Payne 1891 Actress
101 Edna Lee Booker American woman writer
102 Edna Child 1922 Olympic diver
103 Edna White 1892 American musician
104 Edna Jessop 1926 Australian drover
105 Edna Hibbard 1895 American actress
106 Edna Paisano 1948
107 Edna Henry Lee Turpin 1867 American author
108 Edna Eicke 1919 American illustrator
109 Edna Harker Thomas 1881 A Second Counselor in the general presidency of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the first wife of Elbert D. Thomas, a United States Senator from Utah.
110 Edna Osser 1919 American musician
111 Edna Beard American politician
112 Edna Malone 1899 Canadian dancer
113 Edna Moyle 1942 Caymanian politician
114 Edna Martin 1908
115 Edna Manning 1942 High school principal
116 Edna Solodar 1930 Israeli politician
117 Edna Boies Hopkins 1872 American artist
118 Edna P. Plumstead 1903 Paleobotanist
119 Edna Sheen 1944
120 Edna Negron Rosario 1944
121 Edna Ginesi 1902 Painter
122 Edna Brady Cornwell 1868 First Lady of West Virginia
123 Edna Roper 1913 Australian politician
124 Edna Ahgeak MacLean 1944 Iñupiaq linguist, anthropologist and educator from Alaska
125 Edna H. Fawcett 1879 American botanist
126 Edna Neillis 1953
127 Edna L. McRae 1902 Dancer
128 Edna Agravante 1980
129 Edna Barker English cricketer
130 Edna May Williston Best Canadian activist
131 Edna Taçon 1905 American artist
132 Edna Giles Fuller 1874
133 Edna Pengelly 1874 Teacher, civilian and military nurse, matron
134 Edna Santini 1992
135 Edna Beilenson
136 Edna Wilma Simons 1895 American vaudeville performer
137 Edna Lawrence 1916
138 Edna Owen
139 Edna Sherry 1885 American playwright
140 Edna Deakin 1871 American architect
141 Ednah Chepngeno 1977 Kenyan volleyball player
142 Edna Bertha Pearce 1906 Kindergarten teacher and director, policewoman, internment camp supervisor
143 Edna Veiga 1964 Brazilian volleyball player
144 Edna Elliott-Horton 1904 Sierra Leone scholar
145 Edna Dummerth 1924 Baseball player
146 Edna Mae Cooper 1900 American actor (1900-1986)
147 Edna Ryan 1946 Cricketer
148 Edna Merey-Apinda 1976 Gabonese writer
149 Edna Haviland
150 Edna Norrell Argentinian actor
151 Edna Ermyntrude Bourne
152 Edna Vazquez
153 Edna Greyff 1915
154 Edna May Weick 1905 American actor (1905-1983)
155 Edna Blanchard Lewis
156 Edna Bourque 1915
157 Edna Schindwein 1983 Brazilian volleyball player
158 Edna Lumb 1931 English painter
159 Edna Davey
160 Edna Jackson
161 Edna Indermaur
162 Edna Andrews
163 Edna Sanchez