Edwina

Where Edwina comes from

Female form of Edwin from Old English, equivalent to Edwin + -a.
— Wiktionary's entry for Edwina
  • Old English
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1901
    Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma born
    British aristocrat
  3. 1943
    Peak, #379
    364 babies named Edwina — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1946
    Edwina Currie born
    British politician
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #748.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English, masculine equivalent Edwin.
Namesakes
  • Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma · British aristocrat, 1901–1960
  • Edwina Currie · British politician, born 1946
  • Edwina Tops-Alexander · Australian equestrian, born 1974
  • Edwina Booth · actress, 1904–1991
  • Edwina Findley · American actress, born 1980

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.