Edwina
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 19th-century coinage, representing a - EILEEN EILIDH pronounced as ‘v’ in Gaelic, but is sometimes silent, whence the Anglicized form
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛdˈwinə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edwina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 9.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 12K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 16K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 360 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈51,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
19th-century coinage, representing a - EILEEN EILIDH pronounced as ‘v’ in Gaelic, but is sometimes silent, whence the Anglicized form. This name became extremely popular in many parts of the English-speaking world in the early part of the 20th century. Variant: Aileen (esp. Scottish).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edwina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈51,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Edwina | 19 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Edwina | 47 |
| US United States | — | 9,100 | 1 in 37K | 9.1K | Edwina | 360 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 18K | 3 | Edwina | 174 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Edwina | 35 |
| AU Australia | #869 | ≈2,700 est. | ≈1 in 9.4K | 4 | Edwina | 157 |
| IE Ireland | #486 | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Edwina | 61 |
| NZ New Zealand | #822 | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 17K | 10 | Edwina | 43 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Edwina is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name from Old English, masculine equivalent Edwin.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Feminine form of Edwin
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English: 19th-century coinage, representing a Latinate feminine form of EDWIN or, in at least one case, of EDWARD . Edwina Ashley, a descendant of Lord Shaftesbury who became the wife of Earl Mountbatten, was so named in honour of Edward VII; the king had originally wished her to be called Edwardina .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fifeb. 1891GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess; elder daughter of Louise, Princess Royal, and Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1891-1959)
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burmab. 1901GBBritish aristocrat (1901-1960)
- Edwina Boothb. 1904USactress (1904-1991)
- Patricia Knatchbullb. 1924GBnot in their usual nameBritish peer (1924-2017)
- Edwina P. Daltonb. 1936USAmerican politician
- Edwina Currieb. 1946GBBritish politician (born 1946)
- Edwina Followsb. 1961CACanadian actress
- Edwina Findleyb. 1980USAmerican actress
- Edwina Grosvenorb. 1981GBEnglish criminologist (born 1981)
- Edwina Zajdermannactress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 54 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.1K | #2,618 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 22 | #2,618 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1980 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2014 | 4 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1986 | 3 | #565 |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2016 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | The Penguin Book of Baby Names (David Pickering) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Edwina?
- In the etymology graph, Edwena, Edwyna and Edweena are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Edwina mean, and where does it come from?
- 19th-century coinage, representing a - EILEEN EILIDH pronounced as ‘v’ in Gaelic, but is sometimes silent, whence the Anglicized form. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Edwina?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛdˈwinə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Edwina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 51 thousand people named Edwina in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edwina.
- Is Edwina a male or female name?
- Edwina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Edwina?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,100 people named Edwina in 2020, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Edwina compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Edwina is the 486th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edwinaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Edwina” — the 486th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.