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
Eden through the years
  1. 1943
    First appearance
    #4,691 among girls with 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 on, more girls have.
  3. 1991
    Eden Hazard born
    Belgian footballer
  4. 2003
    Eden Golan born
    Israeli singer
  5. 2025
    Peak, #70
    3,362 babies named Eden, the most in any year.
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.