Eda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ida in US United States, DK Denmark, NO Norway and 10 more, Ada in VE Venezuela, NG Nigeria, ES Spain and 4 more, אידה in IL Israel, PL Poland, UA Ukraine and Aidah in MY Malaysia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eda is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name98K records spelled Eda9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, United States

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written E'Da, Éda, ̃eda, Èda, Êda

• English given name58K records spelled Eda26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Türkiye, Brazil

  Languages: English, German, Danish

  Also written E'Da, Edâ, Éda, Ędå, Eďa

• French given name13K records spelled Eda7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Éda, Ėda, Êda, Edã, Êdä

• Croatian given name5.1K records spelled Eda27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, North Macedonia, Türkiye, Russia

  Languages: Croatian, Russian, Macedonian

  Also written Эда, Еда, Ёда, Ėda, Aêda

• Japanese given name4.0K records spelled Eda2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, Türkiye, United States, Peru

  Also written E-Da

• a separate given name3.3K records spelled Eda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Türkiye, United Kingdom

  Also written Éda, Ėda

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Turkish, 1. Davranış, tavır. 2. Naz, işve.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In English, Aboriginal; a small grey owl

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In bbc, sister-in-law (husband's sister or brother's wife)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bpz, something used to climb up something else ([Jonker 1908](Source#cldf:jonker1908)); ladder of house ([Fox 1993](Source#cldf:fox1993a))

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Swahili, a waiting period upon a woman after her marriage has ended

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eda Nemoede Castertonb. 1877USAmerican artist (1877-1969)
• Eda Warrenb. 1903USAmerican film editor (1903-1980)
• Eda Reiss Merinb. 1913USAmerican actress (1913–1998)
• Eda-Ines Ettib. 1981EEEstonian singer (born 1981)
• Eda Özerkanb. 1984TRTurkish actor (born 1984)
• Eda Erdemb. 1987TRTurkish volleyball player (born 1987)
• Eda Eceb. 1990TRTurkish actor (born 1990)
• Eda Ahib. 1990EEEstonian poet (born 1990)
• Eda Döğerb. 2006TRTurkish actor (born 2006)
• Eda Kowanfilm producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 836 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eda?

We estimate roughly 227 thousand people bear Eda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Eda have the most bearers?

Eda is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled eda.

Where is Eda most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eda is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 187 people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eda compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Eda is the 281st most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Eda a male or female name?

Eda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eda mean?

Recorded meaning: Initialism of electoral district association.