Baby name
FADING
🇦🇷 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Edna
/ED · nuh/
Meaning
“Pleasure or rejuvenation (Hebrew)”
Hebrew name from ednah meaning 'pleasure' or 'rejuvenation', closely related to the word Eden. Appears in the apocryphal Book of Tobit as the mother of Sarah. Among the top 20 girl names in the US from 1889 to 1917.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
warmplayful
How it ages.
Edna peaked 1910s-1950s in English-speaking regions; now firmly aged-coded with minimal contemporary revival.
The cultural moment.
US and Ireland declining; minimal momentum despite general vintage trend.