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
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.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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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 |