Eden

Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: Paradise
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Origin and Meaning of Eden

"Eden" is a name of Hebrew origin, and it means "Paradise". It's a name commonly given to both boys and girls.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

noun E"den

The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a delightful region or residence.

Etymology: Heb. ēden delight, pleasure; also, a place of pleasure, Eden

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A beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
Synonyms: garden of eden
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Synonyms: heaven, nirvana, paradise, promised land, and shangri-la

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From Hebrew ×¢Öµ×“Ö¶×Ÿ (eden), perhaps from Sumerian ð’‚” (edin, â€œsteppe, gardenâ€).

(biblical) A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
Any of various towns and other place names.
An English surnameâ€‹, probably derived from a place name.
A female given name from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element Ä“ad (â€œrichesâ€).
(by extension, countable) A paradise on Earth.
(by extension, uncountable) A state of innocence.

Eden was also found in the following language(s): Finnish

Notable Persons Named Eden

Eden Hazard

Eden Hazard is a soccer player for the Chelsea F.C., A.F.C. Tubize, Lille OSC, Belgium national youth football team, and Belgium national under-17 football team. Eden was born on January 7th, 1991 in La Louvière, Belgium. Eden is also known as Hazard and Eden Michael.

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Eden Sher

Eden Sher is an actress. Her ongoing career started in 2001. Eden was given the name Eden Rebecca Sher on December 26th, 1991 in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Eden Riegel

Eden Riegel is an actress and voice artist. She has had major accomplishments since 1990. Eden was given the name Eden Sonja Jane Riegel on January 1st, 1981 in Washington, D.C., U.S.

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Eden Stiles

Eden was born on June 23rd, 1983 in Canton, Michigan. Eden is also known as Stiles and Eden.

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EDEN

EDEN is a pop music, dream pop, independent music, and electronic dance music musician. EDEN was born on December 23rd, 1995.

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eden ahbez

eden ahbez was an exotica musician. His career lasted from 1940 to 1995. eden was given the name George Alexander Aberle on April 15th, 1908 in Brooklyn. eden is also known as eden ahbez and George McGrew. He passed away on March 4th, 1995.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Eden

The Earl of Avon

His military service ended in 1918. The was given the name Robert Anthony Eden on June 12th, 1897 in County Durham, England. The is also known as 1st Earl of Avon. He left this life on January 14th, 1977.

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Barbara Eden

Her ongoing career started in 1956. Barbara was given the name Barbara Jean Morehead on August 23rd, 1931 in Tucson, Arizona, United States.

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Elizabeth Eden

Elizabeth was given the name Ernest Aron on August 19th, 1946. Elizabeth is also known as Aron and Ernest; Eden Liz. She died on September 29th, 1987.

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EDEN

EDEN is a pop music, dream pop, independent music, and electronic dance music musician. EDEN was born on December 23rd, 1995.

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Karise Eden

Karise Eden is a blues, pop music, and soul music musician. She plays Banjo, Double bass, Guitar, and Vocals. She has had major accomplishments since 2012. Karise was born on July 11th, 1992 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.

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Mark Eden

Mark Eden is an actor. His ongoing career started in 1958. Mark was born on February 14th, 1928 in London.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1917	7	0	7
1920	5	0	5
1921	6	0	6
1924	9	0	9
1934	5	0	5
1942	7	0	7
1943	13	5	8
1944	5	0	5
1945	15	5	10
1946	12	12	0
1947	17	10	7
1949	7	0	7
1950	6	6	0
1951	7	7	0
1952	5	5	0
1954	14	14	0
1955	26	20	6
1956	29	22	7
1957	30	21	9
1958	31	23	8
1959	34	27	7
1960	34	25	9
1961	57	47	10
1962	34	24	10
1963	42	29	13
1964	53	44	9
1965	47	38	9
1966	67	55	12
1967	48	41	7
1968	86	75	11
1969	88	72	16
1970	96	88	8
1971	93	87	6
1972	70	57	13
1973	65	54	11
1974	79	69	10
1975	77	63	14
1976	87	76	11
1977	79	67	12
1978	72	59	13
1979	78	55	23
1980	74	60	14
1981	89	73	16
1982	93	69	24
1983	72	56	16
1984	80	52	28
1985	135	105	30
1986	183	164	19
1987	222	200	22
1988	303	280	23
1989	331	303	28
1990	337	305	32
1991	325	289	36
1992	352	310	42
1993	357	318	39
1994	336	301	35
1995	373	325	48
1996	396	353	43
1997	396	351	45
1998	487	435	52
1999	556	494	62
2000	573	505	68
2001	815	739	76
2002	916	823	93
2003	1,016	904	112
2004	1,081	941	140
2005	1,134	1,000	134
2006	1,199	1,029	170
2007	1,551	1,365	186
2008	1,715	1,482	233
2009	1,799	1,568	231
2010	1,946	1,724	222
2011	1,990	1,730	260
2012	2,283	1,934	349
2013	2,423	2,042	381
2014	2,579	2,130	449
2015	2,635	2,063	572
2016	2,651	2,084	567
2017	2,668	2,082	586

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Eden	U.S.
█	White	85.70%	64.26%
█	African American	5.27%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	1.26%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	1.07%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	1.98%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	4.73%	16.26%

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People with the last name Eden are most frequently White

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How Popular is the name Eden? Eden is the 1,192^nd most popular name of all time. As a last name Eden was the 4,736^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Eden have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 38,113 babies born with the first name Eden in the United States. That's more than enough people named Eden to occupy the territory of Sint Maarten (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 37,429 (as of January 1, 2010).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Eden? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1917 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
When was Eden first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Eden is Tuesday, October 4th, 1870.
What year had the most people named Eden born? The highest recorded use of the first name Eden was in 2014 with a total of 2,130 babies. That's a lot of babies named Eden!
Random Eden Factoid: According to the 2013 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Eden ranks 95^th in popularity as a baby girl's name in Arkansas. Imagine that, 30 babies in Arkansas have the same name as you in 2013.
Weird things about the name Eden: Your name in reverse order is Nede. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Ndee. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Eden? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 7,489 people with the last name Eden.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Eden? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 3 of them will have Eden as their last name.