Eda

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English

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Etymology

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

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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.

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Eda m anim

  1. a diminutive of the male given name Eduard

Declension

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Further reading

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

Estonian

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Eda

  1. a female given name
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Latvian

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Etymology

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

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Eda f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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

References

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

Turkish

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Proper noun

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Eda

  1. a female given name