Eden

Where Eden comes from

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Eden
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1950
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1991
    Eden Hazard born
    Belgian footballer
  4. 2003
    Eden Golan born
    Israeli singer
  5. 2025
    Peak, #70
    3,362 babies named Eden — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
Namesakes
  • Eden Hazard · Belgian footballer, born 1991
  • Eden Golan · Israeli singer, born 2003
  • Eden Alene · Israeli singer, born 2000
  • Eden Sher · American actress, born 1991
  • Eden Riegel · American actress, born 1981

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.