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:English feminine given names
Category:Feminine given names