Eda
Where Eda comes from
From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.
- Old English
- 2 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1880First SSA yearAlready #342 among girls — 22 babies in the first year on record.
- 1885Peak, #31342 babies named Eda — more than any year before or since.
- 1909The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #909.
- 1987Eda Erdem bornTurkish volleyball player
- 1990Eda Ece bornTurkish 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.