Edwina (given name)

Edwina (given name)

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name = Edwina


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related names = Edwin
footnotes = The name Edwina is the female version 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, and then wasn't often used again until Victorian times. The modern female name "Edwina" also means "prosperous friend."

People

*Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress
*Edwina Brudenell (born 1961), granddaughter of Adm. Louis Mountbatten
*Edwina Currie (born 1946), former Conservative Member of Parliament
*Edwina Dumm (1910-2007), comic strip artist
*Edwina Hart (born 1957), Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice
*Edwina Mountbatten (1901–1960), English heiress and wife of Adm. Louis Mountbatten
*Edwina Noone, pseudonym used by author Michael Avallone
*Edwina Sandys (born 1938), sculptor and granddaughter of Winston Churchill

Fictional characters

*Edwina Dunn, character on the soap opera "EastEnders"
*Edwina Lionheart, character played by Diana Rigg in the film "Theatre of Blood"
*Edwina Richese, character in the novel "Dune: House Atreides"
*Edwina Winston, character on The Simpsons.


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