Edda Forename
7,500th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 139,561 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Iceland
Edda Forename Definition:
A Icelandic name, meaning: Great-grandmother. (Norse) Poetics. Also the name of a book containing the mythological lore and ancient verse of Scandinavia.
Edda Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 86% | 59,152 | 1:20,538 | 2,921 |
| Germany | 100% | 27,067 | 1:3,572 | 439 |
| Italy | 100% | 19,185 | 1:3,183 | 359 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9,735 | 1:5,423 | 864 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,590 | 1:3,728 | 600 |
| United States | 100% | 2,680 | 1:135,275 | 5,495 |
| Austria | 100% | 2,167 | 1:3,929 | 406 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,756 | 1:24,358 | 1,016 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,264 | 1:23,894 | 1,896 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,173 | 1:27,103 | 1,882 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1,026 | 1:357 | 62 |
| Ecuador | - | 775 | 1:22,873 | 1,251 |
| Brazil | 100% | 770 | 1:278,229 | 11,093 |
| Mexico | 100% | 700 | 1:177,349 | 3,379 |
| Chile | 100% | 698 | 1:25,225 | 1,244 |
| Philippines | 99% | 532 | 1:199,266 | 8,881 |
| Kenya | 100% | 519 | 1:89,224 | 4,925 |
| Honduras | 100% | 507 | 1:17,391 | 1,349 |
| Colombia | 100% | 473 | 1:101,013 | 3,280 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 443 | 1:13,585 | 1,238 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 392 | 1:9,057 | 637 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 330 | 1:32,125 | 1,720 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 321 | 1:10,678 | 775 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 293 | 1:28,032 | 1,671 |
| Canada | 100% | 248 | 1:133,602 | 6,030 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 241 | 1:43,283 | 3,058 |
| Panama | 100% | 211 | 1:18,514 | 1,892 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 155 | 1:109,046 | 5,443 |
| Denmark | - | 147 | 1:38,432 | 1,643 |
| England | 100% | 116 | 1:479,336 | 10,337 |
| El Salvador | - | 112 | 1:56,623 | 1,675 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 112 | 1:64,614 | 2,073 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 110 | 1:146,440 | 2,631 |
| Norway | 100% | 105 | 1:48,879 | 2,041 |
| France | 100% | 96 | 1:692,399 | 6,431 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 93 | 1:165,847 | 10,498 |
| Sweden | 100% | 86 | 1:114,627 | 4,742 |
| Belgium | 100% | 81 | 1:141,852 | 4,134 |
| Estonia | 100% | 80 | 1:16,442 | 1,528 |
| Indonesia | - | 78 | 1:3,307,227 | 147,681 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 72 | 1:66,222 | 2,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 91% | 66 | 1:123,520 | 10,981 |
| Cuba | - | 59 | 1:195,026 | 2,832 |
| South Africa | 100% | 57 | 1:956,713 | 37,092 |
| Spain | 100% | 57 | 1:816,315 | 7,958 |
| Croatia | 100% | 54 | 1:78,094 | 2,186 |
| Czechia | 50% | 54 | 1:197,336 | 1,587 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 53 | 1:574,527 | 24,020 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 49 | 1:928,570 | 3,166 |
| DR Congo | 67% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Russia | 100% | 38 | 1:3,795,624 | 20,422 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Australia | - | 28 | 1:487,772 | 7,849 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Jamaica | - | 21 | 1:137,297 | 5,200 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 20 | 1:8,878,218 | 108,497 |
| Mauritania | 93% | 19 | 1:215,539 | 6,208 |
| Zambia | - | 18 | 1:880,822 | 15,021 |
| Thailand | 100% | 17 | 1:4,121,518 | 84,061 |
| Finland | 79% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9 | 1:8,644,634 | 30,028 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6 | 1:409,793 | 5,154 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 5 | 1:38,871,536 | 142,270 |
| Qatar | - | 5 | 1:473,921 | 38,106 |
| Algeria | 100% | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Israel | - | 4 | 1:2,100,730 | 20,870 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1:40,956,920 | 131,348 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Eddá (1) are calculated separately.
Edda (3,779) may also be a surname.
Edda Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Icelandic name, meaning: Great-grandmother. (Norse) Poetics. Also the name of a book containing the mythological lore and ancient verse of Scandinavia.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Edda Forename Popularity
Edda Demographics
Edda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 18 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Edda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edda in the Russian language | ||
| Эдда | edda | - |
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