Entry № 0689 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Edburga Edburga — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ED-burg-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Wealth-fortress (Anglo-Saxon queen-saint)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "wealth-fortress (anglo-saxon queen-saint)".

Edburga combines the Old English ead (wealth) and burh (fortress). **Saint Edburga of Minster (d. 751)** was the Anglo-Saxon abbess, daughter of King Centwine of Wessex — succeeded Saint Mildred at Minster-in-Thanet. A noted scholar, she corresponded with Saint Boniface in Germany.

Distinct from Edburh, the wicked Mercian queen who killed her husband.

Wealth-fortress. The Anglo-Saxon abbess-scholar who corresponded with Boniface.

Where Edburga stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Edburga · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Edburgas before her.

Real people
Saint Edburga of Minster
Anglo-Saxon abbess-scholar.
d. 751
In fiction
Edburga
Correspondent of Saint Boniface.

Names connected to Edburga.

The number behind Edburga.

4

The Builder

Edburga reduces to four — the number of Anglo-Saxon scholar.

Why families chose this name.

"Abbess-scholar. Seven letters. Edburga."
Catherine · Mother of one · Thanet