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Edna

American  
[ed-nuh] / ˈɛd nə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”


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Housekeeper Edna Garrett, played by Charlotte Rae, spun off into the series “Facts of Life.”

From Los Angeles Times

His mother, Edna May Levis, was a social worker.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Larch, the man charged with making orphans feel at home, is here again, as are Angela and Edna, his nurses at the orphanage in rural St. Cloud’s, Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal

Stewart chose to stay in New Orleans, enrolling at Edna Karr High, Alexander’s alma mater in Algiers.

From Los Angeles Times

So while Edna Karr’s team practiced, Stewart worked on his own in the weight room.

From Los Angeles Times