Eda

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eda"

English

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Etymology

From Old English ead (“riches”), also short for compound given names beginning thus, particularly Edith.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eda

  1. A female given name from Old English.
    • 1848, Letitia Mary M. Bell, Eda Morton and her Cousins, or, School-room Days, John Ollivier, published 1848, page 142:
      Your name is Eda Morton, is it not? Mine is Edith, or Eda M'Kenzie, and I rather suspect you are my name-daughter, therefore I have a title to your friendship.
  2. A municipality in Värmland County, Sweden.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Eda m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Eduard

Declension

Declension of Eda (masculine animate in -a)
singular plural
nominative Eda Edové
genitive Edy Edů
dative Edovi Edům
accusative Edu Edy
vocative Edo Edové
locative Edovi Edech
instrumental Edou Edy

Further reading

  • “Eda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “Eda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Etymology

Diminutive of Germanic given names beginning with Edel- "noble", and of Hedvig.

Proper noun

Eda

  1. a female given name

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1609. From names beginning with Ed-, such as Edīte.

Proper noun

Eda f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

  • Common in Latvia from the 17th to the 19th century, but rare today.

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • Population Register of Latvia: Eda was the only given name of 19 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

Turkish

Proper noun

Eda

  1. a female given name
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