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{{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Edwina | image= | imagesize= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = Female | meaning = rich friend | region = | origin = | related names = Edwin | footnotes = }}The name Edwina is the female version 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 favor until Victorian times. People- Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress
- Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach
- Edwina Brudenell (born 1961), granddaughter of Admiral Louis Mountbatten
- Edwina Currie (born 1946), former Conservative Member of Parliament
- Edwina Dumm (1910–2007), comic strip artist
- Edwina Hume Fallis (1876–1957), American educator, writer, toy designer
- Lady Edwina Louise Grosvenor (1981), British prison reformer
- Edwina Hart (born 1957), Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice
- Edwina Mountbatten (1901–1960), English heiress and wife of Admiral Louis Mountbatten
- Edwina Noone, pseudonym used by author Michael Avallone (1924–1999)
- Edwina Sandys (born 1938), sculptor and granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill
- Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 1974), Australian equestrian rider
Fictional characters- Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, in the movie Raising Arizona, played by Holly Hunter
- 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 Dunn, on the soap opera EastEnders
- Edwina Ferguson, in the MASH episode "Edwina"
- Edwina Lewis, on the soap opera One Life to Live
- Edwina Lionheart, played by Diana Rigg in the film Theatre of Blood
- Edwina Moira, in the Thief computer game series
- Edwina Monsoon, though changed to Edina, the main character of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous played by Jennifer Saunders
- Edwina Richese, in the novel Dune: House Atreides
- Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical Dear Edwina
- Edwina Winston, on The Simpsons (former lover of Abraham Simpson)
- Edwina Fulton, in the movie Monkey Business played by Ginger Rogers (1952)
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