Given name & surname
Edina
“woman from Edinburgh”
Edina is a variant of Edeen. One Scottish interpretation is “woman from Edinburgh.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edina is a variant of Edeen. One Scottish interpretation is “woman from Edinburgh.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edina is a variant of Edeen. An origin associated with Edeen is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 514
- 0 boys · 514 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,256 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −63%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,256 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,518 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edina
- Edina Gallovits-HallRomanian tennis playerborn 1984
- Edina GanglHungarian water polo playerborn 1990
- Edina KnapekHungarian fencerborn 1977
- Edina Alves BatistaBrazilian association football refereeborn 1980
- Edina SzvorenHungarian writerborn 1974
- Edina AltaraItalian illustrator, decorator and fashion designer (1898-1983)
- Edina MüllerGerman wheelchair basketball player and Para canoeist (born 1983)
- Edina Tóthpolitician (1975–)
- Edina PopHungarian-born Deutsch singerborn 1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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