THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Edna
Edna is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Edna.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈʔedna/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈʔɛd̪.n̪ɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Ed · na2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Edna, from Hebrew עֶדְנָה, a variant of Eden.
a female given name from English
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name from Hebrew.
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Edna
EnglishEtymology & source
From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
A unisex given name.; 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”).; A male given name from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Edna
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Edna Agravante
association football player
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Edna Sanchez
Philippine politician
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
16
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Edna Sanchez, Edna Agravante
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Edna in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Edna
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Edda·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ed♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Edad♀Short form of Felicidad, Soledad, and Caridad
- Edal·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Edan·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Edaño·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Eddy·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Eden♂♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
What rhymes with Edna?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Edna further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q746548 — Edna (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Edna Sanchez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q746548 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Edna Agravante (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q746548 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edna (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edna (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edna (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edna (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Edna (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.