Edna Forename
1,071st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 872,043 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe
Edna Forename Definition:
A female name. this name occurs in various books of the Apocrypha, as the wife of Enoch, the wife of Raguel in Tobit, and twice in the book of Jubilees. Its etymology is unknown. It is not clear when it was first used as a christian name, but the first example noted is a character in C.
Read More About This ForenameEdna Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 221,093 | 1:969 | 146 |
| United States | 100% | 165,904 | 1:2,185 | 417 |
| Philippines | 99% | 151,821 | 1:698 | 121 |
| Angola | 100% | 72,879 | 1:370 | 63 |
| England | 100% | 41,191 | 1:1,350 | 265 |
| Mexico | 100% | 30,474 | 1:4,074 | 508 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 22,313 | 1:7,958 | 1,126 |
| Ghana | 100% | 17,586 | 1:1,535 | 285 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 14,023 | 1:3,764 | 658 |
| Kenya | 100% | 13,836 | 1:3,347 | 558 |
| Colombia | 100% | 12,975 | 1:3,682 | 453 |
| Malawi | 100% | 12,797 | 1:1,337 | 280 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 11,778 | 1:1,368 | 280 |
| Canada | 100% | 10,876 | 1:3,046 | 568 |
| Haiti | 100% | 8,107 | 1:1,323 | 210 |
| South Africa | 100% | 6,183 | 1:8,820 | 1,551 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 6,011 | 1:1,179 | 248 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,574 | 1:517 | 111 |
| Gabon | 100% | 3,167 | 1:595 | 104 |
| Congo | 91% | 2,790 | 1:1,795 | 286 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 2,307 | 1:6,686 | 982 |
| Honduras | 100% | 2,134 | 1:4,132 | 592 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,080 | 1:1,488 | 314 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 1,992 | 1:4,093 | 437 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,885 | 1:281 | 31 |
| Zambia | - | 1,689 | 1:9,387 | 1,048 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,676 | 1:3,192 | 374 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,194 | 1:3,272 | 621 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,177 | 1:1,566 | 280 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,156 | 1:84,395 | 6,393 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,133 | 1:3,134 | 335 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,037 | 1:30,657 | 2,003 |
| Australia | - | 913 | 1:14,959 | 1,181 |
| New Zealand | - | 873 | 1:5,196 | 717 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 859 | 1:35,159 | 2,388 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 841 | 1:228 | 15 |
| India | 100% | 764 | 1:1,590,154 | 89,555 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 723 | 1:14,428 | 1,497 |
| Germany | 100% | 722 | 1:133,903 | 2,481 |
| Liberia | 99% | 711 | 1:6,205 | 687 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 683 | 1:44,583 | 3,774 |
| Spain | 100% | 573 | 1:81,204 | 2,608 |
| Norway | 100% | 572 | 1:8,973 | 825 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Indonesia | - | 555 | 1:464,799 | 35,784 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 526 | 1:41,085 | 2,846 |
| Chile | 100% | 522 | 1:33,730 | 1,451 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 505 | 1:47,069 | 7,172 |
| Ecuador | - | 499 | 1:35,525 | 1,511 |
| Bahamas | - | 464 | 1:861 | 222 |
| Uganda | 100% | 456 | 1:89,818 | 4,280 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 396 | 1:1,467 | 278 |
| El Salvador | - | 376 | 1:16,866 | 973 |
| Argentina | 100% | 374 | 1:114,367 | 1,978 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 363 | 1:29,205 | 1,652 |
| France | 100% | 309 | 1:215,114 | 3,382 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 303 | 1:281 | 96 |
| Ireland | 100% | 302 | 1:15,376 | 891 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Denmark | - | 282 | 1:20,034 | 1,184 |
| Sweden | 100% | 275 | 1:35,847 | 2,098 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 272 | 1:573 | 179 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Guyana | 100% | 257 | 1:2,970 | 583 |
| Barbados | - | 254 | 1:1,141 | 264 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 241 | 1:70,133 | 4,202 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 238 | 1:5,720 | 973 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 191 | 1:31,510 | 1,901 |
| Belize | 100% | 180 | 1:1,968 | 443 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Singapore | 100% | 157 | 1:40,045 | 6,567 |
| Egypt | - | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Suriname | - | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 141 | 1:33,815 | 1,804 |
| Italy | 100% | 140 | 1:436,158 | 4,854 |
| Guam | - | 126 | 1:1,275 | 283 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 126 | 1:65,186 | 2,508 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 116 | 1:636,445 | 21,039 |
| Aruba | - | 109 | 1:952 | 190 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 101 | 1:70,812 | 6,026 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| French Polynesia | - | 86 | 1:3,231 | 629 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 82 | 1:1,338 | 275 |
| Israel | 96% | 80 | 1:105,036 | 4,475 |
| Thailand | 100% | 79 | 1:886,909 | 34,001 |
| Hong Kong | - | 77 | 1:100,685 | 2,817 |
| Mauritius | - | 76 | 1:17,076 | 1,785 |
| Namibia | - | 76 | 1:31,634 | 2,409 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 73 | 1:1,362 | 297 |
| Benin | 100% | 66 | 1:160,240 | 8,268 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 65 | 1:4,156 | 621 |
| China | - | 60 | 1:22,767,596 | 60,539 |
| Qatar | 100% | 59 | 1:40,163 | 5,201 |
| Jersey | - | 55 | 1:1,818 | 352 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Finland | 100% | 44 | 1:124,618 | 2,648 |
| Japan | - | 42 | 1:3,047,287 | 23,072 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 42 | 1:4,234 | 728 |
| Bermuda | - | 41 | 1:1,581 | 369 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 41 | 1:176,507 | 3,100 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 40 | 1:576,898 | 20,488 |
| Grenada | 100% | 38 | 1:2,845 | 556 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:1,703 | 393 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 36 | 1:95,212 | 2,531 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 35 | 1:932,100 | 11,860 |
| Belgium | 100% | 34 | 1:337,942 | 6,477 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 33 | 1:3,381 | 636 |
| Croatia | 100% | 32 | 1:131,784 | 2,817 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 31 | 1:6,269,603 | 54,431 |
| Greece | 100% | 30 | 1:364,485 | 5,634 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Albania | 100% | 27 | 1:112,836 | 7,482 |
| Iceland | 100% | 27 | 1:13,556 | 1,098 |
| Austria | 100% | 22 | 1:387,009 | 4,082 |
| Oman | - | 22 | 1:186,758 | 3,229 |
| Turkey | 100% | 22 | 1:3,536,441 | 18,981 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:2,339 | 473 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 21 | 1:1,653 | 420 |
| Russia | 100% | 19 | 1:7,591,248 | 31,825 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Hungary | 100% | 16 | 1:611,986 | 2,162 |
| Armenia | 80% | 15 | 1:194,584 | 3,573 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 15 | 1:234,964 | 3,762 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 15 | 1:3,657 | 689 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 14 | 1:3,659 | 559 |
| Czechia | 92% | 10 | 1:1,065,616 | 3,543 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Cuba | - | 9 | 1:1,278,506 | 4,217 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Fiji | - | 9 | 1:99,153 | 1,900 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 9 | 1:226,666 | 15,149 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Somaliland | - | 9 | 1:389,086 | 1,051 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 6 | 1:94,008 | 2,618 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Georgia | - | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Micronesia | - | 2 | 1:53,250 | 1,276 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Palestine | 100% | 2 | 1:2,275,029 | 4,783 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Édna (71), Èdna (5), Edná (3) & Edña (1) are calculated separately.
Edna (2,821) may also be a surname.
Edna Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this name occurs in various books of the Apocrypha, as the wife of Enoch, the wife of Raguel in Tobit, and twice in the book of Jubilees. Its etymology is unknown. It is not clear when it was first used as a christian name, but the first example noted is a character in C. M. Yonge’s novel Hopes and Fears (1860). The modern vogue of the name is possibly due to the novelist ‘‘Edna Lyall’, whose real name was Ada Ellen Bayly, of which her pen- name is a partial anagram. Her first novel Won by Waiting was published in 1879, and she soon became a bestseller of her day.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A contraction of long obsolete Edana, it means either ‘rich gift’ or ‘perfect happiness’; if the former, cf. Edna with Edith. It is not, however, certain that it was not formed as the f. of Scottish Edan, which in the Celtic means ‘fire’ and which has a Latinized shape, Edanus.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Rich counselor.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Edna Forename Popularity
Edna Demographics
Edna Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 32,922 (2014)
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Edna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edna in the Russian language | ||
| Эдна | edna | - |
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