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
Edwina through the years
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.