Edda
[ˈɛd.də]Meaning
Italian form of Hedda; possibly from Old Norse "great-grandmother".
Background Story
Edda is an Italian form of Hedda, and is also used in Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish and Slovak. A second derivation is possibly from an Old Norse word meaning "great-grandmother".
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