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Edna

Edna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“delight, pleasure”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ED-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From the Hebrew name Ednah/Edna, derived from a root meaning delight or pleasure. It appears in the Bible as the name of an apocryphal figure.

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How popular is Edna?

202428.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Edna in 202494

2024 rank#2,049 girls

Peak year1899

Total US babies since 1880296,064

Edna is steady now but far below its 1899 peak.

Names like Edna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew
  • Leahweary; uncertain · Hebrew

Edna questions

What does the name Edna mean?

Edna means "delight, pleasure". It comes from Hebrew. From the Hebrew name Ednah/Edna, derived from a root meaning delight or pleasure. It appears in the Bible as the name of an apocryphal figure.

Is Edna a boy or girl name?

Edna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Edna?

94 US babies were named Edna in 2024. Its peak year was 1899.

How do you pronounce Edna?

Edna is usually pronounced ED-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.