eden

A garden built by God as the home for Adam and Eve; sometimes identified as part of Mesopotamia.

And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

An English surname, probably derived from a place name.

It was no good. I felt beyond all question that I was indeed Eden, not Elvesham. But Eden in Elvesham's body!

A female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”).

We call Edith Eden now because that is what she called herself before she could pronounce 'th'. It is rather a lovely name, I think. Edith sounds like someone's old aunt. I can't think why Mother and Father chose it.

Any of various towns and other place names.

Any of various towns and other place names.

A paradise on Earth.

The first explorers saw America as an Eden.

A state of innocence.

A river in Cumbria, England, which passes Carlisle and empties into the Solway Firth.

A river in Kent, England, which flows into the Medway; the name is a back-formation of Edenbridge.

A river in Fife council area, Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.

A small river in the Scottish Borders council area, which flows into the River Tweed; in full, Eden Water.

A former local government district in Cumbria, England, formed in 1974 and named after the Cumbrian river, with its headquarters in Penrith; abolished in 2023 and merged into Westmorland and Furness; in full, Eden District.