What is the name meaning of EDIN. Phrases containing EDIN
See name meanings and uses of EDIN!EDIN
EDIN
Girl/Female
British, English
From Edinburgh; The Capital City of Scotland
Girl/Female
Scottish
From Edinburgh.
Boy/Male
Hebrew
Delight.
Girl/Female
British, English
From Edinburgh; Scotland
Boy/Male
German
Famous Ruler
Female
English
Contracted form of English Edwina, EDINA means "rich friend."
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.English : name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.Scottish : habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.
Girl/Female
British, English
From Edinburgh; The Capital City of Scotland
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a pet form (with the suffix -ot) of the medieval personal name Herry, Harry (a variant of Henry).Scottish : habitational name from a place, as for example Heriot to the south of Edinburgh, named with Middle English heriot, which denoted a piece of land restored to the feudal lord on the death of its tenant. The Middle English word is from Old English heregeatu, a compound of here ‘army’ + geatu ‘equipment’, referring originally to military equipment that was restored to the lord on the death of a vassal.English : habitational name from Herriard in Hampshire, which may have been named as ‘army quarters’ (Old English here ‘army’ + geard ‘enclosure’), or possibly from the Celtic terms hyr ‘long’ + garth ‘ridge’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and Irish
Scottish and Irish : habitational name from Crichton, near Edinburgh, first recorded c.1128 in the form Crectune, in 1287 as Crecton, and in 1360 as Creychtona. The name is probably an early hybrid compound of Old Welsh creic ‘rock’ + Older Scots tun ‘farm’, ‘settlement’ (Old English tūn). In the British Isles, this spelling of the name is now found chiefly in northern Ireland; the more usual Scottish forms are Crichton and Crighton.Irish : sometimes used for Gaelic Ó Creacháin or Ó Criocháin (see Crehan 2).English : habitational name from Creighton in Staffordshire or Creaton in Northamptonshire, both named with Celtic creig ‘rock’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Girl/Female
Anglo Saxon English Scottish
Wealthy.
Girl/Female
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Scottish
Ardent; Wealthy; Female Version of Edwin; Prosperous Friend; The Capital City of Scotland
Boy/Male
Arabic
Belief
Girl/Female
British, English, Scottish
From Edinburgh
EDIN
EDIN
EDIN
EDIN
EDIN
EDIN
EDIN
n.
A person who is appointed to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.
n.
An old cry in throwing water, slops, etc., from the windows in Edingburgh.
n.
A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta.
a.
Old; as, Auld Reekie (old smoky), i. e., Edinburgh.