Fun Facts About the Name Edina
- 514 babies named Edina: U.S. records list 514 babies given the name Edina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Edina Mean?
Edina is a feminine given name. In Hungarian it is a diminutive of Edit, the Hungarian form of Edith. Edith is an Old English name made from ēad ("wealth, prosperity") and gȳð ("war, battle"), so Edina is usually glossed with the inherited sense "prosperity in war."
English also uses Edina as a Latinized, poetic name for Edinburgh, derived from the Brittonic regional name Eidyn, which survives in the Scottish Gaelic Dùn Èideann ("fort of Eidyn"). The meaning of Eidyn is unknown, so in this second sense Edina has no settled literal meaning.
Edina Name History & Origins
In Hungarian, Edina is a diminutive of Edit, and it is also used as an independent given name in its own right. It follows the Hungarian pattern of forming a feminine name by adding a diminutive ending to a shorter name.
In Scots and English usage, Edina is the Latinized poetic name for Edinburgh, taken from the Brittonic name of the surrounding region, Eidyn. It appears in verse and formal writing on the city; Robert Burns's Address to Edinburgh (1786) opens with the line "Edina! Scotia's darling seat!"
As an English given name, Edina is uncommon. Its most familiar modern appearance is the character Edina Monsoon in the British television comedy Absolutely Fabulous, first broadcast in 1992.
How Popular is the Name Edina?
Edina has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1975. Its best rank was #3,539 in 1975.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,256 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #14,049 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #15,764 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #16,192 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,342 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #16,543 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #11,113 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #15,017 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #17,296 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #9,312 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #13,885 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #15,800 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #10,278 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #8,660 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #10,817 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #10,352 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #6,875 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #6,972 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #5,960 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #8,348 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #6,019 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #8,983 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #9,510 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #6,587 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #6,840 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #14,092 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #12,233 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #14,130 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,786 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #8,055 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #10,739 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #9,648 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #6,964 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #9,354 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #9,546 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #6,425 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #10,632 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #6,069 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #5,996 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1976 | #9,702 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #3,539 | 19 | 0.0013% |
| 1974 | #5,889 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #6,234 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #6,745 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #6,793 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #4,304 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #5,158 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #7,311 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1967 | #5,627 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #6,853 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1965 | #4,592 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #7,045 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #6,877 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #6,062 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #6,029 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #5,886 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1955 | #4,158 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #5,321 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1953 | #5,218 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #4,830 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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