Eden

Meanings

1. A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
2. An English surname, probably derived from a place name.
3. A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).
4. Any of various towns and other place names.
5. A coastal town in New South Wales, Australia.
6. A small unincorporated community in Graham County, Arizona.
7. A city and town in Jerome County, Idaho.
8. An unincorporated community in Peoria County, Illinois.
9. An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Illinois.
10. An unincorporated community in Hancock County, Indiana.
11. A small unincorporated community in Atchison County, Kansas.
12. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky.

1. A paradise on Earth.
2. A state of innocence.

1. A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
2. A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
3. A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.
4. A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.
5. A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith; abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness; in full, Eden District.
6. A residential settlement in County Antrim, Ireland.
7. Three townlands in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
8. A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

1. Alternative letter-case form of Eden (“a paradise”).

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).