Edith
See also: Édith
English
Etymology
From Old English Ēadġȳð, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈidɪθ/
Audio (southern England) (file)
Proper noun
Edith
- A female given name from Old English.
- 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?"
- 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
Derived terms
- Edithburgh
- Stoke Edith
Translations
female given name
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See also
- Bealdġȳð (“Baldith (bold battle)”)
Anagrams
- Heidt, dieth, ithed
Danish
Etymology
From English Edith in the 19th century.
Proper noun
Edith c
- a female given name from English
Related terms
- Ditte
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.
German
Alternative forms
- Edit
Etymology
Borrowed from English Edith in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːdɪt/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Edith f
- a female given name from English
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Edith f
- a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Edith f
- a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit
Swedish
Proper noun
Edith c (genitive Ediths)
- a female given name, a less common spelling of Edit