Eda

Where Eda comes from

From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
— Wiktionary's entry for Eda
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #342 among girls — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #313
    42 babies named Eda — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1909
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #909.
  4. 1987
    Eda Erdem born
    Turkish volleyball player
  5. 1990
    Eda Ece born
    Turkish actor
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Eda Erdem · Turkish volleyball player, born 1987
  • Eda Ece · Turkish actor, born 1990
  • Eda Ahi · Estonian poet, born 1990
  • Eda Tuğsuz · Turkish athlete, born 1997
  • Eda Özerkan · Turkish actor, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.