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Girl · Old English, through 19th-century English
Edwina
Say it: ed-WEE-nuh
Meaning
A 19th-century feminine form of Edwin, from Old English ēad 'wealth, prosperity' and wine 'friend'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 15,425 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1936, about 1 in 3,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.