Edwina

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Gender Female Related names Edwin		Meaning rich friend

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.

People

Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress

Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach

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 Hume Fallis (1876-1957), American educator, writer, toy designer

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, sculptor and granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill

Edwina Tops-Alexander, Australian equestrian rider

Fictional characters

Edwina Brown, in the film National Velvet (1944), played by Angela Lansbury

Edwina Cutwater, in the film All of Me (1984), played by Lily Tomlin

Edwina Dunn, on the soap opera EastEnders

Edwina Ferguson, in the M*A*S*H episode "Edwina"

Edwina Lewis, on the soap opera One Life to Live

Edwina Lionheart, played by Diana Rigg in the film Theatre of Blood

Edwina Moira, in the Thief computer game series

Edwina Monsoon, though changed to Edina, the main character of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous played by Jennifer Saunders

Edwina Richese, in the novel Dune: House Atreides

Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical Dear Edwina

Edwina Winston, on The Simpsons (former lover of Abraham Simpson)

Edwina Fulton, in the movie Monkey Business played by Ginger Rogers (1952)

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Edwina Wikipedia

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