Edna

#95 in Kentucky

Meaning of Edna

Edna zips onto the scene like a burst of cardamom-scented steam from a freshly poured chai, carrying two passports in her pocket—one stamped in ancient Hebrew, where she means “delight” and echoes the lush garden of Eden, and the other in old Irish Gaelic, where she’s a cousin of Eithne and stands for a precious “kernel.” Picture her strolling through time: pen in hand beside Pulitzer-winning novelist Edna Ferber, cape swirling with fashion-whiz Edna Mode, and chalk dust dancing around Springfield’s sardonic Ms. Krabappel. Once the darling of great-grandmothers, she’s now doing a graceful Bollywood comeback, twirling vintage pearls with neon sneakers, proving that old souls can groove to new beats. Short, punchy, and easy on the tongue—ED-nuh—she’s the kind of name that feels at home in both a Bengaluru startup pitch and a Brooklyn poetry slam. In other words, Edna is a pocket-sized firecracker: traditional at heart yet forever ready to reinvent the party.

Pronunciation

English

  • Pronunced as ED-nuh (/ˈɛd.nə/)

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Notable People Named Edna

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Edna O'Brien -
Edna Ferber -
Edna Iturralde -
Edna Kiplagat -
Edna Gladney -
Edna Lewis -
Edna May Oliver -
Edna Buckman Kearns -
Edna Adan Ismail -
Edna Cukierman -
Edna Mayne Hull -
Edna Taçon -
Edna Burke Jackson -
Edna Wallace Hopper -
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