The name Edwina is a feminine form of the male name

Edwin The name Edwin means "wealth-friend". It comes from (wealth, good fortune) and (friend). Thus the Old English form is Ēadwine, a name widely attested in early medieval England. Edwina is the feminine form of the name. Notable people and char ...

, which derives from

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

and means "rich friend." Edwin was a popular name until the time of the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

, then fell out of favour until

Victorian Victorian or Victorians may refer to: 19th century * Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign ** Victorian architecture ** Victorian house ** Victorian decorative arts ** Victorian fashion ** Victorian literatur ...

times.

People

Edwina Bartholomew Edwina Louise Christie Bartholomew is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She presents the news on the Seven Network's breakfast television program ''Sunrise''. Previously, she co-hosted ''Dancing with the Stars'' and '' Australia ...

(born 1983), Australian journalist *

Edwina Benner Edwina Adaha Cochrane Benner (August 1, 1885 – May 14, 1955) was the mayor of Sunnyvale, California, from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1937 to 1938. She served as councilmember from 1920 until 1948. Commonly described as the first female mayor i ...

(1885–1955), American politician *

Edwina Bone Edwina Claire Bone (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. Her regular position is as a defender. Bone was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were runners-up at the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup ...

(born 1988), Australian field hockey player *

Edwina Booth Edwina Booth (born Josephine Constance Woodruff; September 13, 1904 – May 18, 1991) was an American actress. She is best known for the 1931 film '' Trader Horn'', during the filming of which she contracted an illness which effectively ended ...

(1909–1991), American actress * Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach *

Edwina Chamier Edwina Chamier (27 March 1890, Chester, Nova Scotia - 31 May 1981, England) née Edwina Ratcliff Lordly, was a Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion. Until 2002 she was the oldest athlete ever to take part to the winter games, as she was 45 y ...

(1890–1981), Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion * Edwina Cornish, Australian biologist *

Edwina Currie Edwina Currie (; born 13 October 1946) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician, serving as Conservative Party Member of Parliament for South Derbyshire from 1983 until 1997. She was a Junior Health Minister for two years, res ...

(born 1946), British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament * Edwina P. Dalton (born 1936), American politician * Edwina Eustis Dick (1908–1997), American contralto *

Edwina Dumm Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip '' Cap Stubbs and Tippie'' for nearly five decades; she is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name ...

(1910–2007), American comic strip artist *

Edwina Dunn Edwina D. Dunn, OBE (born May 29, 1958) is an English entrepreneur in the field of data science and customer business strategy. Since 2014, she has been the Chief Executive Officer of the consumer insights company Starcount. She is also the foun ...

(born 1958), English entrepreneur *

Edwina Hume Fallis Edwina Hume Fallis (November 15, 1876 – September 14, 1957) was an American educator, writer, poet, and toy designer. Her memoir for children, ''When Denver and I Were Young'' (1956), went through two printings, and she published over 100 poems ...

(1876–1957), American educator, writer, toy designer *

Edwina Findley Edwina Findley, also known as Edwina Findley Dickerson, is an American actress. Findley played recurring roles in the HBO television dramas ''The Wire'' (2003–04) and '' Treme'' (2010–13), and from 2014 to 2020 starred as Kelly Isaacs, one of ...

(born 1980), American actress *

Edwina Garcia Edwina Garcia (born December 8, 1944) is an American politician in the state of Minnesota. Garcia was born in Clovis, New Mexico. She went to University of Minnesota. Garcia served on the Richfield, Minnesota City Council. She served in the Minn ...

(born 1944), American politician *

Edwina Grima Edwina Grima (born November 1969) is a Maltese judge. See also * Judiciary of Malta The judiciary of Malta interprets and applies the laws of Malta, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. The l ...

(born 1969), Maltese judge *

Lady Edwina Grosvenor Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (born 4 November 1981) is an English criminologist, philanthropist and prison reformer. She is a founder and a trustee of the charity The Clink, and founder of the charity One Small Thing. She is the sister of Hugh ...

(born 1981), British prison reformer *

Edwina Hart Edwina Hart, MBE (born 26 April 1957) is a Welsh LabourAssem ...

(born 1957), Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice *

Edwina Hayes Edwina Hayes (born 6 June 1973, in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish born English singer-songwriter. She grew up in Preston, Lancashire before moving to the East Riding of Yorkshire where she gained her first musical experiences playing at local fo ...

(born 1973), English singer-songwriter *

Edwina Keane Edwina Keane (born 1990) is a camogie player and student, All Ireland Champion 2016. She played in the 2009 All Ireland camogie final and was a Purcell All Star award winner in 2010. The Leinster 'Young Player of the Year' in 2008, Edwina add ...

(born 1990), Irish camogie player *

Edwina Kennedy Edwina Jane Kirkby (née Kennedy), born 10 June 1959, is a former Australian amateur golfer. In 1978, she was the first Australian to win the British Ladies Amateur and was a member of the winning 1978 Australian Espirito Santo Trophy team. Earl ...

(born 1959), Australian golfer *

Edwina Kruse Edwina Kruse (February 22, 1848 – June 23, 1930) was an American educator, born in Puerto Rico. She was principal of Howard High School in Wilmington, Delaware for almost 40 years, and a close associate of Alice Dunbar-Nelson, who taught at H ...

(1848–1930), American educator *

Edwina Lau Edwina Lau Chi-wai, PMSM (, born 29 July 1965) is a Hong Kong law enforcement administrator currently serving as the head of the National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force while also sitting on the Committee for Safeguarding Natio ...

(born 1965), Hong Kong police officer *

Edwina McGrail Edwina McGrail (born 1950) is a Welsh artist and poet. In both her paintings and poetry, McGrail references Celtic mythology, images and traditional patterns. Biography McGrail was born in Wrexham in north Wales and attended the Cheltenham Col ...

(born 1950), Welsh artist *

Edwina Donnelly Mitchell Edwina Donnelly Mitchell (1894–1968) was the Superintendent (warden) of Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women located in Wetumpka, Alabama. Background Originally from Autauga County, Alabama, she was a graduate of Alabama College (now University ...

(1894–1968), American lawyer and prison superintendent *

Edwina Mountbatten Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (' Ashley; 28 November 1901 – 21 February 1960), was an English heiress, socialite, relief worker and the last vicereine of India as the wife of (the then) Rear Admiral The 1st ...

(1901–1960), English heiress and wife of Admiral Louis Mountbatten *

Edwina Palmer Edwina Palmer is a former associate professor of Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Palmer was born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom in 1955. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of ...

(born 1955), Japanese associate professor * Edwina Pettway (born 1950), American artist * Edwina Pio, New Zealand academic * Edwina Rogers (born 1964), American Lobbyist *

Edwina Sandys Edwina Sandys (born 22 December 1938) is an English artist and sculptor. Early life The daughter of Duncan Sandys, and a granddaughter of Winston Churchill, Sandys was a debutante and was presented to Queen Elizabeth II. After attending a gente ...

(born 1938), British artist * Edwina Spicer (born 1948), Zimbabwean journalist *

Edwina Stewart Edwina Stewart (11 May 1934 29 May 2020) was a Northern Irish communist and civil-rights activist. Biography Edwina Stewart was born 11 May 1934 in East Belfast to Sadie and Eddie Menzies. She had four sisters. While her family was of the ...

(1934–2020), Northern Irish communist and civil-rights activist *

Edwina Tops-Alexander Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 29 March 1974) is an Australian showjumper known for her participation in three Olympics, finishing in the top ten twice. She is the first Australian to place in the top 10 at the World Equestrian Games and the first ...

(born 1974), Australian equestrian rider *

Edwina von Gal Edwina von Gal is an American landscape designer based in East Hampton (town), New York, East Hampton, New York. Her firm, Edwina von Gal + Co founded in 1984, is based in East Hampton, NY and focuses on natural, sustainable designs. She has work ...

, American landscaper *

Edwina Whitney Edwina Maud Whitney (February 26, 1868 – September 3, 1970) was an American librarian and educator who served as one of the earliest librarians at the Connecticut Agricultural College (later the University of Connecticut) from 1900 to 1934. Sh ...

(1868–1970), American librarian * Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002), American artist

Fictional characters

*Edwina Brown, in the film ''

National Velvet ''National Velvet'' is a novel by Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), first published in 1935. It was illustrated by Laurian Jones, Bagnold's daughter, who was born in 1921. The novel tells the story of a teenaged girl who wins a horse racing compet ...

'' (1944), played by Angela Lansbury *Edwina Chicken, a minor character in the film ''

Chicken Run ''Chicken Run'' is a 2000 animated adventure comedy film directed by Peter Lord and Nick Park and written by Karey Kirkpatrick from an original story by Lord and Park. Produced by Pathé and Aardman Features in partnership with DreamWork ...

'' (2000) *Edwina Cutwater, in the film '' All of Me'' (1984), played by Lily Tomlin *Edwina Ferguson, in the ''M*A*S*H'' episode "

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 era, Victorian times. People ...

" *Edwina Fulton, in the movie '' Monkey Business'' played by Ginger Rogers (1952) *

Edwina Lewis 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 era, Victorian times. People ...

, 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 ''Raising Arizona'' is a 1987 American crime comedy film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Nicolas Cage as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, an ex-convict, and Holly Hunter as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a former police officer ...

'', played by

Holly Hunter Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. For her performance as a mute Scottish woman in ''The Piano'' (1993), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three more Academy Award nominations for '' Broadcast News'' ( ...

*Edwina Moira, in the ''Thief'' computer game series *

Edina Monsoon Edina "Eddie" Margaret Rose Monsoon is one of the two main characters in the British television sitcom '' Absolutely Fabulous'', created and portrayed by comedian Jennifer Saunders. The founder and head of her own PR company, Edina consistent ...

, 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 ''Bridgerton'' is an American alternative history regency romance television series created by Chris Van Dusen for Netflix. Based on the book series Bridgerton (novel series), of the same name by Julia Quinn, it is Shondaland's first scripted ...

'' played by Charithra Chandran *Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical '' Dear Edwina'' *Edwina Winston, on ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a Satire (film and television), satirical depiction of American life ...

'' (former lover of Abraham Simpson) *Edwina, an animated character in the television series ''

My Friend Rabbit ''My Friend Rabbit'' is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Eric Rohmann and first published in 2002. The illustrations in the book earned Rohmann the Caldecott Medal in 2003. ''My Friend Rabbit'' was adapted into an animated te ...

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