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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

EdnaIn Hebrew: עדנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Romanization: edná

Edna (Hebrew: עדנה) is a girl's name of international origin. 4,234 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1961, with 195 babies.

People in Israel
4,234
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1961
195 babies
USA, 2025
72
rank #2,458

Writing and saying Edna

In Hebrew letters the name is עדנה, read right to left. Edna is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "edná" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, Edna
Related to Hebrew עֵדֶן (éden, ʿēden, “Eden”), derived from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Edna by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Edna: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Edna in English-speaking countries

Edna in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202572#2,4581918 (8,698)
United Kingdom20257#3,4092022 (14)
England and Wales20254#4,8662022 (14)
Alberta20251#2,5381982 (4)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Edna has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Edna

How do you write Edna in Hebrew?

Edna is written עדנה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "edná".

How many people in Israel are named Edna?

4,234 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עדנה: 4,234 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Edna a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named עדנה are women.

What does the name Edna mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Edna" Etymology: Related to Hebrew עֵדֶן (éden, ʿēden, “Eden”), derived from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

Is Edna used outside Israel?

The name Edna appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 72 girls were given it in 2025 (#2,458), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 7 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.