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Also known as Edwina (first name), Edwina (given name)

The name Edwina is a feminine form 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, then fell out of favour until Victorian times.

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Edwina
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Edwina (given name)

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The name Edwina is a feminine form 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, then fell out of favour until Victorian times.

==People== Edwina Bartholomew (born 1983), Australian journalist Edwina Benner (1885–1955), American politician Edwina Bone (born 1988), Australian field hockey player Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach Edwina Chamier (1890–1981), Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion Edwina Cornish, Australian biologist Edwina Currie (born 1946), British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament Edwina P. Dalton (born 1936), American politician Edwina Eustis Dick (1908–1997), American contralto Edwina Dumm (1910–2007), American comic strip artist Edwina Dunn (born 1958), English entrepreneur Edwina Hume Fallis (1876–1957), American educator, writer, toy designer Edwina Findley (born 1980), American actress Edwina Garcia (born 1944), American politician Edwina Grima (born 1969), Maltese judge Lady Edwina Grosvenor (born 1981), British prison reformer Edwina Hart (born 1957), Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice Edwina Hayes (born 1973), English singer-songwriter Edwina Keane (born 1990), Irish camogie player Edwina Kennedy (born 1959), Australian golfer Edwina Kruse (1848–1930), American educator Edwina Lau (born 1965), Hong Kong police officer Edwina McGrail (born 1950), Welsh artist Edwina Donnelly Mitchell (1894–1968), American lawyer and prison superintendent Edwina Mountbatten (1901–1960), English heiress and wife of Admiral Louis Mountbatten Edwina Palmer (born 1955), Japanese associate professor Edwina Pettway (born 1950), American artist Edwina Pio, New Zealand academic Edwina Rogers (born 1964), American Lobbyist Edwina Sandys (born 1938), British artist Edwina Spicer (born 1948), Zimbabwean journalist Edwina Stewart (1934–2020), Northern Irish communist and civil-rights activist Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 1974), Australian equestrian rider Edwina von Gal, American landscaper Edwina Whitney (1868–1970), American librarian Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002), American artist Edwina Starr, (Born 1986), Native American

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