Origin of the name Edna:
Derived from the Hebrew 'ēdnāh (rejuvenation, delight). Edna is found in the apocryphal book Tobit, as the name of the mother of Sara and stepmother of Tobias.
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Latinized form of ÉTAÍN.
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St. Edana (Medana) was an early Irish saint.
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Edana (Dana) Franklin, character in Octavia Butler's novel "Kindred."
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