The name Blythe ( or ) derives from
Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...
''bliþe'' ("joyous, kind, cheerful, pleasant"; modern ''blithe''), and further back from
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Proto-Germanic eventually developed from pre-Proto-Germanic into three Germanic branc ...
''*blithiz'' ("gentle, kind").
People
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Blythe (given name) Blythe is a feminine given name from an Old English surname with the same spelling meaning "cheerful", "joyous", "pleasant", dating further back from the Proto-Germanic word blithiz, meaning "gentle", "kind". Variants of the name include Blighe, Bl ...
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Blythe (surname)
Blythe is an English surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 58.1% of all known bearers of the surname ''Blythe'' were residents of the United States (frequency 1:32,907), 24.0% of England (1:12,271), 6.1% of Australia (1:20,745), 3.3% of C ...
, including a list of people with the surname Blythe
Places
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Blythe, California
Blythe is a city in eastern Riverside County, California, United States. It is in the Palo Verde Valley of the Lower Colorado River Valley region, an agricultural area and part of the Colorado Desert along the Colorado River, approximatel ...
, United States
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Blythe, Georgia
Blythe is a city in Richmond County, Georgia, Richmond County in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 744. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan a ...
, United States
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Blythe Township, Pennsylvania
Blythe Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Formed in 1846 from part of Schuylkill Township, it is named for State Legislator Calvin Blythe.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of ...
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Blythe Bay
Blythe Bay () is an anchorage at the southeast side of Desolation Island, lying north of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The bay is bounded by Craggy Island to the northeast, Desolation Island to the northwest, the ...
, Antarctica
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Blythe River
The Blythe River is a river in Canterbury, New Zealand. It flows east for , reaching the Pacific Ocean south of the town of Cheviot. The river's course roughly parallels that of the larger Hurunui River, which lies to the north.
See also
*Lis ...
, river in New Zealand
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Blythe River (Tasmania)
The Blythe River is a perennial river located in north-western region of Tasmania, Australia.
Location and features
The river rises near Rabbit Plain on the slopes of Mount Tor and flows generally north into Emu Bay in Bass Strait
Bass S ...
, river in Tasmania, Australia
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River Blithe
The River Blithe is a river in Staffordshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Trent and runs for around 18 miles from source to its confluence with the River Trent.
Etymology
The Origins of the name Blithe probably come from the Old E ...
, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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River Blythe
The River Blythe flows through the English Midlands from central Warwickshire, through the Borough of Solihull and on to Coleshill in north Warwickshire. It runs along the Meriden Gap in the Midlands Plateau, is fed by the River Cole and is ...
, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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Blythe Hill Fields
Blythe Hill Fields, also sometimes known as Blythe Hill is an area of elevated open land in the London Borough of Lewisham that commands panoramic views over Canary Wharf, the City, Kent and Surrey. The surrounding areas of Blythe Hill Fields i ...
, London, United Kingdom
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Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Other
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Blythe (doll)
See also
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Blithe (disambiguation)
Blithe may refer to:
*Albert Blithe (1923–1967), American sergeant in World War II
*John Blithe (MP) (before 1365 – 1410), English politician
*John Blithe (priest) (before 1450 – after 1478), English Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey 1477–78
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Blyth (disambiguation) Blyth may refer to:
People
* Blyth (surname)
* Blythe (given name)
Places Australia
* Blyth, South Australia, a small town
Canada
* Blyth, Ontario, a village
United Kingdom
* Blyth, Northumberland, a town
** Blyth Valley (UK Parliament cons ...
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Blyth River (Northern Territory)
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River Blyth (disambiguation) River Blyth is the name of several rivers in England.
*River Blyth, Northumberland
*River Blyth, Suffolk
See also
*River Blythe, Warwickshire, England
*River Blithe, Staffordshire, England
*Blyth River (Northern Territory)
The Blyth River is a ...
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