Edwina
The name Edwina is a feminine form of the male name Edwin, which derives from Old English and means "rich friend." Edwin was a popular name until the time of the Norman Conquest, then fell out of favour until Victorian times.
People
- Edwina Bartholomew, Australian journalist
- Edwina Benner, American politician
- Edwina Bone, Australian field hockey player
- Edwina Booth, American actress
- Edwina Brown, American former basketball player and current college assistant coach
- Edwina Chamier, Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion
- Edwina Cornish, Australian biologist
- Edwina Currie, British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament
- Edwina P. Dalton, American politician
- Edwina Eustis Dick, American contralto
- Edwina Dumm, American comic strip artist
- Edwina Dunn, English entrepreneur
- Edwina Hume Fallis, American educator, writer, toy designer
- Edwina Findley, American actress
- Edwina Garcia, American politician
- Edwina Grima, Maltese judge
- Lady Edwina Grosvenor, British prison reformer
- Edwina Hart, Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice
- Edwina Hayes, English singer-songwriter
- Edwina Keane, Irish camogie player
- Edwina Kennedy, Australian golfer
- Edwina Kruse, American educator
- Edwina Lau, Hong Kong police officer
- Edwina McGrail, Welsh artist
- Edwina Donnelly Mitchell, American lawyer and prison superintendent
- Edwina Mountbatten, English heiress and wife of Admiral Louis Mountbatten
- Edwina Palmer, Japanese associate professor
- Edwina Pettway, American artist
- Edwina Pio, New Zealand academic
- Edwina Rogers, American Lobbyist
- Edwina Sandys, British artist
- Edwina Spicer, Zimbabwean journalist
- Edwina Stewart, Northern Irish communist and civil-rights activist
- Edwina Tops-Alexander, Australian equestrian rider
- Edwina von Gal, American landscaper
- Edwina Whitney, American librarian
- Edwina Florence Wills, American artist
- Edwina Starr,, Native American
Fictional characters
- Edwina Brown, in the film National Velvet, played by Angela Lansbury
- Edwina Chicken, a minor character in the film Chicken Run
- Edwina Cutwater, in the film All of Me, played by Lily Tomlin
- Edwina Ferguson, in the M*A*S*H episode "Edwina"
- Edwina Fulton, in the movie Monkey Business played by Ginger Rogers
- Edwina Lewis, on the soap opera One Life to Live
- Edwina Lionheart, played by Diana Rigg in the film Theatre of Blood
- Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, in the movie Raising Arizona, played by Holly Hunter
- Edwina Moira, in the Thief computer game series
- Edina Monsoon, born Edwina, the main character of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous, played by Jennifer Saunders
- Edwina Richese, in the novel Dune: House Atreides
- Edwina Sharma, on the streaming television series Bridgerton played by Charithra Chandran
- Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical Dear Edwina
- Edwina Winston, on The Simpsons
- Edwina, an animated character in the television series My Friend Rabbit
Category:Feminine given names