Edith

Etymology

Old English ēad (“riches”) + gȳð (“war, strife, battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

Proper noun

Edith

1. A female given name.
   • 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:

     Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.

   • 1903 Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers 1903, page 11:

     But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.

   • 2009 Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, →ISBN, page 76:

     - - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"

Anagrams

• Heidt, dieth

Etymology

From English Edith in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Edith

1. A female given name.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 32 166 females with the given name Edith have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Proper noun

Edith

1. A female given name borrowed from English in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Edith

1. A female given name, a popular spelling variant of Edit.

Proper noun

Edith c (genitive Ediths)

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Edit.