Edda

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 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◐

Edda is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Edda2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Èdda

• Croatian given name403 records spelled Edda7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, India, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Едда

42 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●

Edda 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 English, Icelandic saga

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In German, ) Eda: weibl. Vom., Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Niña de la Tierra

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Sacra battaglia

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

• In English, A collection of Old Norse poems and tales from two medieval manuscripts found in Iceland.

  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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 102 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edda Cianob. 1910ITItalian noblewoman and socialite, Benito Mussolini's daughter (1910-1995)
• Edda Seippelb. 1919DEGerman actress (1919–1993)
• Edda Brescianib. 1930ITItalian egyptologist and archaeologist (1930–2020)
• Edda Ferronaob. 1934ITItalian actress
• Edy Campagnolib. 1934ITnot in their usual nameItalian television personality and actress (1934-1995)
• Edda Budingb. 1936DEGerman tennis player (1936–2014)
• Edda Göringb. 1938DEdaughter of politician Hermann Göring (1938-2018)
• Edda Moserb. 1938DEGerman operatic soprano
• Edda Köchlb. 1942DEGerman actrice
• Edda Magnasonb. 1984SESwedish musician and actor

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 · 716 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edda?

We estimate roughly 5.6 thousand people bear Edda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Edda have the most bearers?

Edda is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled edda.

Where is Edda most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Edda is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 267 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Edda compared with other names?

In Nicaragua, Edda is the 510th most common given name of 16,612 given names recorded there.

Is Edda a male or female name?

Edda is a male 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 Edda mean?

Recorded meaning: Pet form of any of several old German names beginning with Ed-.