Edwina (given name)
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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.
Edwin
The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" and "wine" . The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadwine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures.Edwin may refer to:People...
, 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
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...
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People
- Edwina BoothEdwina BoothEdwina Booth was an American actress. She is best known for the 1931 film Trader Horn, during the filming of which she contracted an illness which effectively ruined her movie career.-Career:...
(1909–1991), American actress - Edwina BrudenellEdwina BrudenellEdwina Victoria Louise Brudenell, née Hicks is the elder daughter of Lady Pamela Hicks and David Nightingale Hicks....
(born 1961), granddaughter of Adm. Louis Mountbatten - Edwina CurrieEdwina CurrieEdwina Jonesnée Cohen is a former British Member of Parliament. First elected as a Conservative Party MP in 1983, she was a Junior Health Minister for two years, before resigning in 1988 over the controversy over salmonella in eggs...
(born 1946), former Conservative Member of Parliament - Edwina DummEdwina DummFrances Edwina Dumm was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for six decades and is also notable as the nation’s first full-time female editorial cartoonist, She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina.One of the earliest female...
(1910-2007), comic strip artist - Edwina HartEdwina HartEdwina Hart, MBE, AM is a Welsh Labour politician who has represented the constituency of Gower since the National Assembly for Wales was established in 1999. Hart was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government in May 2007.-Background:Hart was born and raised in...
(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 Noonan, Politician of Kilmoganny
- Edwina Pinto, Senior Technical Coordinator
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 SimpsonsThe SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
. - Edwina Monsoon, though changed to Edina, main character of Absolutely FabulousAbsolutely FabulousAbsolutely Fabulous, also known as Ab Fab, is a British sitcom created by Jennifer Saunders, based on an original idea by her and Dawn French, and written by Saunders, who plays the leading character. It also stars Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawalha, along with June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks...
played by Jennifer SaundersJennifer SaundersJennifer Jane Saunders is an English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress. She has won two BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, a British Comedy Award, a Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival Award, two Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and a Peoples Choice Award.She first came into...
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