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Edla
How to Pronounce Edla
Pronounced ED-luh /ΛΙd.lΙ/Medium
Meaning: Edla is a Scandinavian, chiefly Swedish and Finnish, girl's name generally connected to the Germanic root 'adal' or 'edel,' 'noble.' It functions as a short traditional Nordic name rather than a diminutive of anything English.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Edla is a Scandinavian girl's name, most at home in Sweden and Finland, generally linked to the Germanic root for 'noble,' the same element behind Adela and Ethel. It came to America with Nordic immigrants and stayed rare, its use concentrated in the earliest decades of national records around the 1910s before dwindling by mid-century.
An Edla from its era would belong to the great-grandparent or earlier generations - it was already fading a century ago. Its crisp two-beat sound sits beside Alma, Selma, and Hulda, the other Nordic immigrant names of the period, and it is firmly antique.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Edla mean?
Edla is generally linked to the Germanic root for 'noble,' the same element behind Adela and Ethel.
How do you pronounce Edla?
It is said ED-luh, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Edla a boy or a girl name?
Edla is a girl's name.
Is Edla a popular name?
No. Edla was a rare immigrant-era name, most seen in the early nineteen-hundreds before fading by mid-century.