# Edna

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɛdnə/ · frequency rank #19,827

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew.
2. A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.
3. A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

## Etymology
From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit.
In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

## Easily confused with
- **en** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-en)
- **end** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-end)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-era)
- **EPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-epa)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eva)
- **eng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eng)
- **EDT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-edt)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eta)
- **ESA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-esa)
- **Edo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-edo)
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-een)
- **ema** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-ema)
- **EEA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eea)
- **eon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eon)
- **Emma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-emma)
- **Ella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-ella)
- **Ezra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-ezra)
- **Elsa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-elsa)
- **Elba** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-elba)
- **Eine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edna-vs-eine)

## Common misspellings (3)
`eddna`, `ednna`, `enda`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/edna