Edwyna
Edwyna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Edwyna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Edwyna is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Edwyna
Edwyna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1914, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1936: 12 births, good for #2,386 nationwide. The 1930s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Edwynas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1961 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 152 Edwynas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Edwyna
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About the name Edwyna
Edwyna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 152 births in the dataset. Edwyna's peak popularity came in 1936 when it ranked #2,386. Use the chart and map above to compare Edwyna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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