The name Edwina is a feminine form of the male name Edwin, which derives from Old English and means "rich friend." Edwin was a popular name until the time of the Norman Conquest, then fell out of favour until Victorian times.

People

• Edwina Bartholomew (born 1983), Australian journalist

• Edwina Benner (1885–1955), American politician

• Edwina Bone (born 1988), Australian field hockey player

• Edwina Booth (1909–1991), American actress

• Edwina Brown (born 1978), American former basketball player and current college assistant coach

• Edwina Chamier (1890–1981), Canadian Alpine skiing Olympic champion

• Edwina Cornish, Australian biologist

• Edwina Currie (born 1946), British writer, broadcaster and former Member of Parliament

• Edwina P. Dalton (born 1936), American politician

• Edwina Eustis Dick (1908–1997), American contralto

• Edwina Dumm (1910–2007), American comic strip artist

• Edwina Dunn (born 1958), English entrepreneur

• Edwina Hume Fallis (1876–1957), American educator, writer, toy designer

• Edwina Findley (born 1980), American actress

• Edwina Garcia (born 1944), American politician

• Edwina Grima (born 1969), Maltese judge

• Lady Edwina Grosvenor (born 1981), British prison reformer

• Edwina Hart (born 1957), Welsh Assembly Minister for Social Justice

• Edwina Hayes (born 1973), English singer-songwriter

• Edwina Keane (born 1990), Irish camogie player

• Edwina Kennedy (born 1959), Australian golfer

• Edwina Kruse (1848–1930), American educator

• Edwina Lau (born 1965), Hong Kong police officer

• Edwina McGrail (born 1950), Welsh artist

• Edwina Donnelly Mitchell (1894–1968), American lawyer and prison superintendent

• Edwina Mountbatten (1901–1960), English heiress and wife of Admiral Louis Mountbatten

• Edwina Palmer (born 1955), Japanese associate professor

• Edwina Pettway (born 1950), American artist

• Edwina Pio, New Zealand academic

• Edwina Rogers (born 1964), American Lobbyist

• Edwina Sandys (born 1938), British artist

• Edwina Spicer (born 1948), Zimbabwean journalist

• Edwina Stewart (1934–2020), Northern Irish communist and civil-rights activist

• Edwina Tops-Alexander (born 1974), Australian equestrian rider

• Edwina von Gal, American landscaper

• Edwina Whitney (1868–1970), American librarian

• Edwina Florence Wills (1915–2002), American artist

• Edwina Starr, (Born 1986), Native American

Fictional characters

• Edwina Brown, in the film National Velvet (1944), played by Angela Lansbury

• Edwina Chicken, a minor character in the film Chicken Run (2000)

• Edwina Cutwater, in the film All of Me (1984), played by Lily Tomlin

• Edwina Ferguson, in the M*A*S*H episode "Edwina"

• Edwina Fulton, in the movie Monkey Business played by Ginger Rogers (1952)

• Edwina Lewis, on the soap opera One Life to Live

• Edwina Lionheart, played by Diana Rigg in the film Theatre of Blood

• Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, in the movie Raising Arizona, played by Holly Hunter

• Edwina Moira, in the Thief computer game series

• Edina Monsoon, born Edwina, the main character of the BBC television series Absolutely Fabulous, played by Jennifer Saunders

• Edwina Richese, in the novel Dune: House Atreides

• Edwina Sharma, on the streaming television series Bridgerton played by Charithra Chandran

• Edwina Spoonapple, in the musical Dear Edwina

• Edwina Winston, on The Simpsons (former lover of Abraham Simpson)

• Edwina, an animated character in the television series My Friend Rabbit