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Edith en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈidɪθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ. Name of a 10th century English saint. Compare Swedish Edit.

Meanings

  1. A female given name from Old English.
    • Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books. 1809, Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
    • 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. 1903, Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers, page 11:
    • - - 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?" 2009, Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, →ISBN, page 76:
  2. A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Deriveds

Edith Creek · Edithburgh · Edith Weston · Stoke Edith

Relateds

Baldith · Edward · Edrick · Edwin · Edgar · Edmund

Translations (15)

pt Edite (female given name) · de Edit (female given name) · cs Edita (female given name) · da Edith (female given name) · bg Еди́та (female given name) · de Edith (female given name) · pl Edyta (female given name) · no Edit (female given name) · ru Эди́та (female given name) · lt Edita (female given name) · hu Edit (female given name) · fr Édith (female given name) · lv Edīte (female given name) · uk Еді́та (female given name) · sv Edit (female given name)