Eda

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eda"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː.də/

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

• Ade, 'ead, DAE, EAD, DEA, ADE, AED, -ade, ade

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛda]

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

Related terms

• Aada
• Hedi

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
• [1] 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