Edwina

Feminine variation of Edwin

"wealthy friend"

Updated Wed Apr 09 2025

Edwina Origin and Meaning

The name Edwina is a girl's name meaning "wealthy friend".

Edwina may still be taking tea in the parlor, but we can see her joining friends like Matilda and Josephine for a comeback, especially if pronounced like Edwin rather than Edween.

She had a very non-vintage-mauve image in the Coen brothers' cult favorite, Raising Arizona, in which Holly Hunter played a police officer named Edwina who was usually called Ed.

Edwina was on the Social Security list every year through 1969, reaching a high of 378 in 1943.

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Popularity of the name Edwina

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The name Edwina in Pop Culture

Edwina Dunn
character on British soap "EastEnders"
Edwina Spoonapple
main character in children's musical "Dear Edwina" by Zina Goldrich
Edwina Crane
character in Paul Scott's "The Raj Quartet" (1966,75)
Edwina Lewis
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
Edwina "Eddie" Ferguson
nurse in an episode of "MASH"
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pseudodragon in the tabletop game "Dungeons & Dragons"
Edwina
chicken in the claymation film Chicken Run
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character from both versions of the film "The Beguiled"
Edwina Sharma
character on Netflix's "Bridgerton"