Meaning of Eden

and the Origins of this baby name

Meaning

The name Eden has the following meaning:

Generally associated with Paradise, as in "Garden of Eden" in the Bible, its accurate meaning in Hebrew is "pleasure, delight". This name is used for boys as well, though not as common as for girls.

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

Popularity

See worldwide popularity rankings of Eden as a baby name (outside USA)

As a baby girl name, Eden is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 369 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Eden rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 24 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 205 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Eden in the USA, over the past 100 years.

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Pronunciation

The name Eden is pronounced as ee-duhn

Origins

Eden originates from the Hebrew language.

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Related names

The following names are baby names related to Eden and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Eden: Boys - Doron, Eliezer, Elliot, Elza, Hosea, Hosie, Jeromy, Matteo, Nissan, Nissim, Oris, Yehuda, Yehudi, Girls - Eliana, Marilou, Sarai, Sariah, Zilpah, Zilpha, Both genders - Dagen, Jaiden, John

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Eden: Eaden, Eadin, Edan, Ede, Edena, Edene, Edenia, Edin, Edina (English), Edon, Edyn

Style

We think the name Eden should fall under the following style category: Little Darlings.

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Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Eden to be: A pretty, sexy girl who is glamorous and oozes confidence

In one word, you might describe Eden as a(n) "glamorous" person.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Eden (or its variants) are:

Eden Phillpotts, born on 4 November, a famous writer. Eden Phillpotts's background: Author, novelist, playwriter and poet. He was the author of many literary productions about Dartmoor. The most famous play of his was 'The Farmer's Wife' in 1917, which eventually became a silent movie directed by Alfren Hitchcock in 1928.