Eden (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: ), as a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

, has several derivations, from the Biblical

Garden of Eden In Abrahamic religions, the Garden of Eden ( he, גַּן־עֵדֶן, ) or Garden of God (, and גַן־אֱלֹהִים ''gan-Elohim''), also called the Terrestrial Paradise, is the Bible, biblical paradise described in Book of Genesis, Genes ...

, meaning 'delight'; It is given to girls and boys. The first recorded use is from ancient Israel in the book of Genesis.

Given name

Notable people with the given name Eden: *

Eden Ahbez George Alexander Aberle (April 15, 1908 – March 4, 1995), known as eden ahbez, was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s to 1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential in the hippie movement. He was known to frien ...

(1908–1995), performance name of American musician George Alexander Aberle *

Eden Alene Eden Alene (; ; born 7 May 2000) is an Israeli singer. Having won the seventh season of the singing competition ''Rising Star (Israeli TV series), HaKokhav HaBa'', she had been set to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, Israel ...

(born 2000), Israeli singer * Eden Bleazard (1855–1946), New Zealand artist * Eden Brekke (1893–1978), superintendent of Parks and Alderman of the 37th Ward, Chicago *

Eden Colvile Eden Colvile (12 February 1819 – 2 April 1893) was a businessman primarily notable as the Hudson's Bay Company#Governors, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, a huge organisation set up for the North American fur trade but also instrumental ...

(1819–1893), Canadian historic figure, grandson of William Eden *

Eden Espinosa Eden Erica Espinosa (born February 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer who is best known for her performances as Elphaba for the Broadway, Los Angeles, and San Francisco productions of the musical ''Wicked''. In 2022, she was nominated for ...

(born 1978), American singer and stage actress *

Eden Harel Eden Harel ( he, עדן הראל; born Adva Harel, February 10, 1976) is an Israeli actress. She was an MTV Europe VJ during the 1990s. Biography Early life Harel was born in Eilat. Growing up, she went to the boarding school of WIZO Hadasi ...

(born 1976), MTV Europe VJ during the 1990s *

Eden Hazard Eden Michael Walter Hazard (born 7 January 1991) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for La Liga club Real Madrid. Known for his creativity, dribbling, passing and vision, Hazard is considered o ...

(born 1991), Belgian and Real Madrid CF football player *

Eden Kane Richard Graham Sarstedt (born 29 March 1940Some sources, including his own website, give 1942 as his birth year; but official sources give 1940.), known by the stage name Eden Kane, is an English pop/ rock singer, musician, record producer and ...

(born 1940), stage name of Richard Sarstedt, English singer *

Eden Kuriakose Eden Kuriakosse is an Indian actress and model who appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry ( Mahé ...

, Indian film actress *

Eden McCain This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Heroes'', the ''Heroes'' graphic novels, and the ''Heroes'' webisodes. Main characters Character duration In its inaugural season, ''Heroes'' featured an ensemble cast ...

, a character from the American television series, ''

Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

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Eden Natan-Zada Eden Natan-Zada ( he, עדן נתן-זדה, born 9 July 1986, died 4 August 2005) was an Israeli soldier who opened fire in a bus in Shefa-Amr in northern Israel on 4 August 2005, killing four Israeli-Arabs and wounding twelve others. He was re ...

(1986-2005), IDF soldier that convicted mass murder incident *

Eden Paul Maurice Eden Paul (27 September 1865, Sturminster Marshall – 1 December 1944) was a British socialist activist, physician, writer and translator.'Paul, Maurice Eden' in ''Who Was Who'' Early life Paul was the younger son of the publisher Charl ...

, British Physician and Writer *

Eden Phillpotts Eden Phillpotts (4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960) was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, India, was educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for ten years before studying for the stage a ...

(1862–1960), British novelist, poet and dramatist * Eden Rainbow-Cooper (born 2001), English wheelchair racer *

Eden Riegel Eden Sonja Jane Riegel (born January 1, 1981) is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery in the daytime drama ''All My Children'', and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium. Nominated ...

(born 1981), American actress *

Eden Sher Eden Rebecca Sher (born December 26, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sue Heck from the family sitcom series '' The Middle'' (2009–2018) and as Star Butterfly from the Disney Channel animated fantasy dramedy series ...

(born 1991), American television actress *

Eden Taylor-Draper Eden Taylor-Draper (born 28 October 1997) is an English actress. She portrays Belle Dingle in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', a role she took over from Emily Mather in 2005. Career In 2005, at the age of eight, Taylor-Draper was cast in the ...

(born 1997), English actress

Family name

Notable people with the family name Eden: *

Eden baronets The Eden Baronetcy, of West Auckland in the County of Durham, and the Eden Baronetcy, of Maryland in North America, are two titles in the Baronetage of England and Baronetage of Great Britain respectively that have been united under a single hold ...

, two English baronetcy families **

William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland, PC (Ire), FRS (3 April 174528 May 1814) was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1793. Early life A member of the influential Eden family, Auckland was a younger son ...

(1745–1814), British diplomat **

Anthony Eden Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promo ...

(1897–1977), British prime minister during the Suez crisis *

Barbara Eden Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead; August 23, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and producer best known for her starring role as Jeannie in the sitcom '' I Dream of Jeannie'' (1965-1970). Other notable roles include Roslyn Pierce opp ...

(born 1931), American actress *

Bobbi Eden Bobbi Eden (born 4 January 1980personal biography Bobbi Eden, iafd.com, 2 January 2011.) is a Dutch pornographic actress and international magazine model. She was the runner-up for the Dutch '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Year. She had also modeled for ...

(born 1980), Dutch adult movie actress *

Charles Eden (disambiguation) Charles Eden may refer to: * Charles Eden (politician) (1673–1722), second Governor of the separate Colony of North Carolina * Charles Eden (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Charles Eden, (3 July 1808 – 7 March 1878) was a Royal Navy officer ...

Clarissa Eden Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon (; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 19 ...

(1920–2021), wife of Anthony Eden *

David Eden Eden Amplification (previously known as Eden Electronics) began as an American bass amplification company in 1976. The company takes its name from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where the idea for the company was conceived. Eden designs and manufacture ...

, producer of professional bass guitar sound amplification equipment * Denis Eden (1878–1949), English painter * Eleanor Eden (died 1851), society beauty *

Emily Eden Emily Eden (3 March 1797 – 5 August 1869) was an English poet and novelist who gave witty accounts of English life in the early 19th century. She wrote a celebrated account of her travels in India, and two novels that sold well. She was also a ...

(1797–1869), English poet and novelist * Frederick Eden (disambiguation) *

George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, (25 August 1784 – 1 January 1849) was an English Whig politician and colonial administrator. He was thrice First Lord of the Admiralty and also served as Governor-General of India between 1836 and 1842 ...

(1784–1849), British politician *

Harry Eden Harry Eden (born 1 March 1990) is an English actor who won a British Independent Film Award in 2003 for Most Promising Newcomer for his role in ''Pure''. Eden was born in Old Harlow, Essex. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. He played ...

(born 1990), British actor *

Harry Eden (rugby league) Harry Lindsay Eden (23 May 1943 – 14 December 2006) was a rugby league footballer who played with three Sydney clubs during his career – Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs, St George Dragons, St George and South Sydney Rabbitohs. He was born ...

(1943–2006), Australian rugby league player *

Jaap Eden Jacobus Johannes "Jaap" Eden (; 19 October 1873 – 2 February 1925) was a Dutch athlete. He is the only male athlete to win world championships in both speed skating and bicycle racing. Early life Jaap Eden was born in Groningen to Johannes ...

(1873–1925), Dutch athlete *

Jessie Eden Jessie Eden (née Shrimpton; 24 February 1902 – 27 September 1986) was a British trade union leader and communist activist, most famous for leading between 40,000 to 50,000 households during the Birmingham rent-strike of 1939. She was also in ...

(1902–1987), British trade union leader and activist *

Joanna Eden Joanna Eden is an English jazz singer, songwriter and pianist. Biography Eden was born in Lincolnshire into a musical family, the daughter of an RAF bass player, John, and a drama teacher, Diana. She started learning the piano at six and perfor ...

, English jazz singer *

Mark Eden Douglas John Malin (14 February 1928 – 1 January 2021), known professionally as Mark Eden, was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of villainous Alan Bradley in ''Coronation Street'' from 1986 to 1989. Early life Mark Ede ...

(1928–2021), English actor *

Michael Eden Mike Anthony Eden (born 27 March 1960) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. The slightly built Eden played for Manly-Warringah, Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta and the Gold Coast in the NSWRL premie ...

(born 1961), Australian rugby league player *

Mike Eden (baseball) Edward Michael Eden (born May 22, 1949) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played for the Atlanta Braves in and the Chicago White Sox in . Amateur career Eden has the distinction of being the only major leaguer born ...

(born 1949), former major league baseball player for the San Francisco Giants *

Philip Eden Geoffrey Philip Eden Royal Meteorological Society, FRMetS (14 July 1951 – 3 January 2018) was a leading British weather journalist and weather historian. Philip Eden studied a BA in Geography before gaining a masters in applied meteorology and c ...

(1951–2018), British meteorologist * Robert John Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland (1799–1870), Bishop of Bath and Wells *

Roger Edens Roger Edens (November 9, 1905 – July 13, 1970) was a Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative figures in Arthur Freed's musical film production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the "go ...

(1905–1970), Hollywood composer and arranger * Simone Eden (born 1970), American model and actress

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