# Edwina

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

## Fictional characters

* Edwina Brown, in the film National Velvet (1944), played by Angela Lansbury
* Edwina Chicken, a minor character in the film Chicken Run (2000)
* Edwina Cutwater, in the film All of Me (1984), played by Lily Tomlin
* Edwina Ferguson, in the M*A*S*H episode "Edwina"
* Edwina Fulton, in the movie Monkey Business played by Ginger Rogers (1952)
* Edwina Lewis, on the soap opera One Life to Live
* Edwina Lionheart, played by Diana Rigg in the film Theatre of Blood
* Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, in the movie Raising Arizona, played by Holly Hunter
* Edwina Moira, in the Thief computer game series
* Edina Monsoon, born Edwina, the main character of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous, played by Jennifer Saunders
* Edwina Richese, in the novel Dune: House Atreides
* Edwina Sharma, on the streaming television series Bridgerton played by Charithra Chandran
* Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical Dear Edwina
* Edwina Winston, on The Simpsons (former lover of Abraham Simpson)
* Edwina, an animated character in the television series My Friend Rabbit