Given name · also Old Norse

Eðna

Eðna is a feminine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Old Irish. It is used in Icelandic and Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Eðna comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Old Irish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Eðna, from Old Irish Ethniu.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Eðna’s family of names

In Old Norse usage, Eðna shares a linguistic root with the Scottish Gaelic form Eithne.

Walk Eðna’s family in the name graph

EðnaEdnaEithne

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Eðna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Irish

Enneese

Enneese is a surname from Irish. It is used in Yola.

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Irish

Enright

“son of Ionnrachtach”

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Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Eubha

“giver of life; a lively woman”

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>99% girls

Irish

Neenan

“descendant of Naoidheannán”

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Irish

Meenan

“descendant of Mianán”

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Irish

O'Beirne

“descendant of Bran”

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Irish

O'Dea

“descendant of Deághadh”

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Irish

Greenan

“descendant of Grianán”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Eðna’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Eðna

A sister for Eðna