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Eda
Eda
English
Proper noun
Eda
- A female given name.
- 1848 Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier 1848, page 142:
- Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship.
- 1848 Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier 1848, page 142:
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
Diminutive of Germanic given names beginning with Edel- "noble", and of Hedvig.
Proper noun
Eda
- A female given name.
Related terms
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From names beginning with Ed-, such as Edīte.
Proper noun
Eda f
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Common in Latvia from the 17th to the 19th century, but rare today.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
- Population Register of Latvia: Eda was the only given name of 19 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.