Edna

See also: eDNA, and Eðna

English

Etymology

From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit.

In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Edna

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 10:12:

     Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die.

   • 1866, Augusta Jane Evans, St. Elmo, G. W. Dillingham, page 54:

     'Edna', forsooth! No doubt her origin and morals are quite as apocryphal as her name.

   • 1990, Linda Barnes, Coyote, p.102:

     Conjure faces to go with these names: Edna and Joy. Then I'll tell you that Edna, who has a wicked serve, is our team beauty, and Joy is as plain and dour as they come.

2. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.
3. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

Usage notes

• Popular in the U.S.A. during the latter half of 19th century, in the U.K. in early 20th century.

Derived terms

• Aunt Edna

Related terms

• Eithne, Ena, Enya, Etna

Translations

female given name

• Portuguese: Edna (pt) f

References

Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges:A Concise Dictionary of First Names.Oxford University Press 2001.

Anagrams

• Aden, Dane, Dean, Dena, Enda, Nead, aden-, ande, dean, nade

Cebuano

Proper noun

Edna

1. a female given name

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Edna.

Faroese

Proper noun

Edna f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Edna: Ednuson
• daughter of Edna: Ednudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Edna
Accusative	Ednu
Dative	Ednu
Genitive	Ednu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.nɐ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.nɐ/, /ˈɛ.d͡ʒi.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛd͡ʒ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.dnɐ/ [ˈɛ.ðnɐ]

Proper noun

Edna f

1. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Edna

Scots

Proper noun

Edna

1. a female given name derived from Eithne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈedna/ [ˈeð̞.na]
• Rhymes: -edna
• Syllabification: Ed‧na

Proper noun

Edna f

1. a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Edna

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edna, from Hebrew עֶדְנָה, a variant of Eden.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔedna/ [ˈʔɛd̪.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -edna
• Syllabification: Ed‧na

Proper noun

Edna (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜇ᜔ᜈ)

1. a female given name from English

Related terms

• Eden