Given name
Edwarda
“a wealthy protector”
Edwarda is a variant of Eduarda. In Portuguese use, Eduarda carries the interpretation “a wealthy protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edwarda is a variant of Eduarda. In Portuguese use, Eduarda carries the interpretation “a wealthy protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edwarda connects to the Edward name family through Eduarda. An origin associated with Edward is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edwarda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 0 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 125 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.
Edwarda’s family of names
Edwarda has a related form in Eduarda. In Polish usage, Edwarda has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Eduarda. In Polish usage, Edwarda has a conventional equivalent in the German form EDUARDE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edwarda has relatives in 6 languages.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edwarda
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