Eden

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.
• , probably derived from a place name.
• 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.
• Any of various towns and other place names.
• river Cumbria (county) England (constituent country), which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.
• river Kent (county) England (constituent country), which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.
• river council area, Fife Scotland (constituent country), which flows into the North Sea.
• Eden Water, small river in the Scottish Borders (council area), which flows into the River Tweed.
• Eden District, local government district Cumbria (county) England (constituent country) formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith.
• (residential) settlement Antrim (county) Ireland (country).
• Three townlands in Londonderry (county), Northern (province) Ireland.
• townland Tyrone (county) Northern Ireland (province).

Noun

• A paradise on Earth.
• A state of innocence.

Origin

• From Hebrew עֵדֶן, perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 ("steppe, garden").
• The river in Cumbria is from the Roman name, British Latin Ituna. The rivers in Scotland are also related to the root of this name.
• The river in Kent is back-formed from Edenbridge, from Old English Eadhelmsbrigge.