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, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. It was a common first name prior to the 16th century, when it fell out of favour. It became popular again at the beginning of the 19th century, and in 2016 it was ranked at 488th most popular female name in the United States, according to the Social Security online database.Social Security online database
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Edith of Polesworth Saint Edith of Polesworth (also known as Editha or Eadgyth; d. ?c.960s G C Baugh et al (1970)"Colleges: Tamworth, St Edith" in ''A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3'', ed. M W Greenslade and R B Pugh (London, Victoria County History s ...

(died c. 960), abbess *

Edith of Wessex Edith of Wessex ( 1025 – 18 December 1075) was Queen of England from her marriage to Edward the Confessor in 1045 until Edward died in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. The principal source on ...

(1025–1075), Queen of England * Edith of Wilton (961–984), English nun * Edith the Fair (1025–1086), first wife or mistress of King Harold II of England *

Edith Abbott Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an American economist, statistician, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Abbott was a pioneer in the profession of social work with an educationa ...

(1876–1957), American economist *

Edith Vosburgh Alvord Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875-1962) was an American suffragist and active Detroit clubwoman. Biography Alvord was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1875. At twenty years old (in 1895), she began attending Olivet College, where she would gradu ...

(1875–1962), American suffragist *

Edith Archibald Edith Jessie Archibald (7 April 1854 – 11 May 1936) was a Canadian suffragist and writer who led the Maritime Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), National Council of Women of Canada and the Local Council of Women of Halifax. For her many ...

(1854–1936), Canadian suffragist *

Edith Baird Edith Elina Helen (Winter-Wood) Baird (22 February 1859 – 1 February 1924) was a chess composer who in her day was the most prolific composer of chess problems in the world. She published under her married name as Mrs. W. J. Baird and was some ...

(1859–1924), American chess composer *

Edith Bideau Edith Bideau (November 6, 1888 — 1958), later Edith Bideau Normelli, was an American soprano and music educator from Kansas. Early life Edith Mae Bideau was from Chanute, Kansas, the daughter of Georges K. Bideau and Jennie Hale Bideau. Her f ...

(1888–1958), American soprano, music educator *

Edith von Bonsdorff Edith Helena von Bonsdorff (née Anderson; 24 April 1890 – 19 April 1968) was a Danish-Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer. Biography Edith von Bonsdorff was born Edith Anderson on 24 April 1890 in Ringsted, Kingdom of Denmark. In 1909 ...

, (1890–1968) Danish-Finnish ballerina and choreographer *

Edith Bouvier Beale Edith Bouvier Beale (November 7, 1917 – January 14, 2002), nicknamed Little Edie, was an American socialite, fashion model, and cabaret performer. She was a first cousin of Jacqueline Onassis and Lee Bouvier Radziwill. She is best known for ...

(1917–2002), American socialite and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy *

Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (October 5, 1895 – February 5, 1977) was an American socialite and singer known for her reclusive and eccentric lifestyle. Known as Big Edie, she was a sister of John Vernou Bouvier III and an aunt of Jacquelin ...

(1895–1977), American socialite and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy *

Edith Bosch Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch judoka. Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champio ...

(born 1980), Dutch judoka *

Edith Bowman Edith Eleanor Smith (born January 1974) is a Scottish radio DJ and television presenter. She hosted ''Colin and Edith'', weekday afternoons, weekend breakfast, and ''The Radio 1 Review'' on BBC Radio 1 until 2014 and has presented a variety of m ...

(born 1974), British television and radio presenter *

Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Be ...

(1865–1915), British nurse *

Edith Mellado Céspedes Edith Angélica Mellado Céspedes (born 7 June 1938) is a Peruvian former Fujimorist politician and educator. Biography Edith Mellado Céspedes was born on 7 June 1938 in Huancayo, Peru. She attended the local Maria Auxiliadora School through ...

(b. 1938), Peruvian politician and educator *

Edith Brown Clement Edith "Joy" Brown Clement (born April 29, 1948) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Background Clement was born in Birmingham, Alabama, the daug ...

(born 1948), American judge * Edith Clements (1874–1971), American botanist * Edith Cowan (1861–1932), Australian politician and member of parliament *

Édith Cresson Édith Cresson (; née Campion; born 27 January 1934) is a French politician from the Socialist Party. She served as Prime Minister of France from 1991 to 1992, the first woman to do so. She was the only woman to be prime minister until 2022, wh ...

(born 1934), French politician and prime minister * Edith Dimock (1876–1955), American painter *

Edith Durham Edith Durham, (8 December 1863 – 15 November 1944) was a British artist, anthropologist and writer who is best known for her anthropological accounts of life in Albania in the early 20th century. Her advocacy on behalf of the Albanian cause ...

(1863–1944), British writer and anthropologist * Edith Eaton (1865–1914), Canadian writer * Edith Efron (1922–2001), American journalist * Edith Ellis (1861–1916), British writer *

Edith Evans Dame Edith Mary Evans, (8 February 1888 – 14 October 1976) was an English actress. She was best known for her work on the stage, but also appeared in films at the beginning and towards the end of her career. Between 1964 and 1968, she was no ...

(1888–1976), British actress *Edith Falco (born 1963), better known as

Edie Falco Edith Falco (born July 5, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Carmela Soprano on the HBO series ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2007), and Nurse Jackie Peyton on the Showtime series '' Nurse Jackie'' (2009–2015). She also ...

, American actress *

Edith Fisch Edith L. Fisch (March 3, 1923 – August 3, 2006). was an American jurist and legal scholar. Fisch was born in New York City and grew up in Brooklyn. She was disabled by poliomyelitis at age 12 and lived the rest of her life in a wheelchair. She ...

(1923–2006), American jurist and legal scholar * Edith Flagg (1919–2014), American fashion designer *

Edith M. Flanigen Edith Marie Flanigen (born January 28, 1929) is a noted American chemist, known for her work on synthesis of emeralds, and later zeolites for molecular sieves at Union Carbide. Early life and education Edith Marie Flanigen was born January 28, ...

(born 1929), American chemist * Edith Willis Linn Forbes (1865–1945), American poet and writer * Edith Frank (1900–1945), German mother of diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank * Edith González (1964–2019), Mexican actress *

Edith Green Edith Louise Starrett Green (January 17, 1910 – April 21, 1987) was an American politician and educator from Oregon. She was the second Oregonian woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served a total of ten terms, fro ...

(1910–1987), American politician and congresswoman * Edith Julia Griswold (1863-1926), American lawyer and patent expert *

Edith Grossman Edith Grossman (born March 22, 1936) is an American Spanish-to-English literary translator. One of the most important contemporary translators of Latin American and Spanish literature, she has translated the works of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas ...

(born 1936), American literary translator * Edith Hacon (1875–1952), Scottish suffragist from

Dornoch Dornoch (; gd, Dòrnach ; sco, Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland. It lies on the north shore of the Dornoch Firth, near to where it opens into the M ...

, a

World War One World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

nursing volunteer, as well as an international socialite *

Edith Halpert Edith Halpert or Edith Gregor Halpert (née Edith Gregoryevna Fivoosiovitch; 1900–1970) was a pioneering New York City dealer of American modern art and American folk art. She brought recognition and market success to many avant-garde American ...

(1900–1970), American art dealer *

Edith Hamilton Edith Hamilton (August 12, 1867 – May 31, 1963) was an American educator and internationally known author who was one of the most renowned classicists of her era in the United States. A graduate of Bryn Mawr College, she also studied in German ...

(1867–1963) American classicist and educator *

Edith Head Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history. Head is consi ...

(1897–1981), American costume designer * Edith Heath (1911–2005), American studio potter * Edith Henderson (1911–2005), American landscape architect * Edith Heraud (died 1899), English actress * Edith Hermansen (1907–1988), Danish film actress * Edith Holden (1871–1920), British artist and teacher * Edith Howes (1872–1954), New Zealand writer *

Edith Jacobson Edith Jacobson (german: Edith Jacobssohn; September 10, 1897 – December 8, 1978) was a German psychoanalyst. Her major contributions to psychoanalytic thinking dealt with the development of the sense of identity and self-esteem and with an u ...

(1897–1978), German psychoanalyst * Edith Jones (born 1949), American judge *Edith Katiji, known professionally as

Edith WeUtonga Edith Katiji, known professionally as Edith WeUtonga (born 22 April 1979), is a Zimbabwean Afro-jazz and traditional music artist, bass guitarist, songwriter, actress and music teacher. She was born in Kadoma, which lies approximately 16 ...

, (born 1979), Zimbabwean musician *

Edith Kellnhauser Edith Kellnhauser (1933 – May 23, 2019) was a German nursing scientist, educator, and writer. She studied in German, England and the United States, and worked in the U.S., Egypt, and Germany. Her awards include the Order of Merit of the Federal R ...

(1933–2019), nursing scientist, educator, and writer * Edith Balfour Lyttelton (1865–1948), British novelist * Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney (1895–1978), first "Miss America" * Edith Massey (1918–1984), American actress and singer * Edith Master (1932–2013), American equestrian *

Edith Mathis Edith Mathis (born 11 February 1938) is a Swiss soprano and a leading exponent of the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart worldwide. She is known for parts in Mozart operas, but also took part in premieres of operas such as Henze's '' Der junge Lord ...

(born 1938), Swiss soprano * Edith May (pseudonym of Anne Drinker; 1827–1903), American poet * Edith McAlinden (born 1968), Scottish murderer *

Edith Kawelohea McKinzie Edith Kawelohea Kapule McKinzie (October 22, 1925 – October 21, 2014) was a Kanaka Maoli genealogist, educator, author, and an expert in hula and chant. She published two books on Hawaiian genealogy, was Director of the Hawaiian Language Newspape ...

(1925–2014), Hawaiian author, genealogist, and traditional hula expert. *

Edith Maryon Louisa Edith Church Maryon (9 February 1872, in London – 2 May 1924, in Dornach, Switzerland), better known as Edith Maryon, was an English sculptor. Along with Ita Wegman, she belonged to the innermost circle of founders of anthroposoph ...

(1872–1924), English sculptor * Edith Morley (1875–1964), British literary scholar *

Edith Nesbit Edith Nesbit (married name Edith Bland; 15 August 1858 – 4 May 1924) was an English writer and poet, who published her books for children as E. Nesbit. She wrote or collaborated on more than 60 such books. She was also a political activist a ...

(1858–1924), British writer * Edith Northman (1893–1956), American architect * Edith Olivier (1872–1948), British writer *

Edith MacQueen Edith Edgar MacQueen (1900–1977) was a Scottish parliamentary historian and a historian of Scottish emigration to North America. She was the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in history from the University of St Andrews. Early life MacQueen was ...

(1900–1977), Scottish historian * Edith Marion Patch (1876–1954), American entomologist * Edith Pechey (1845–1908), British doctor and suffragette *

Edith Penrose Edith Elura Tilton Penrose (November 15, 1914 – October 11, 1996) was an American-born British economist whose best known work is ''The Theory of the Growth of the Firm'', which describes the ways which firms grow and how fast they do. Wr ...

(1914–1996), British economist * Edith Philips, American writer and educator *

Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (, , ; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, ; December 19, 1915– October 10, 1963) was a French singer, lyricist and actress. Noted as France's national chanteuse, she was one of the country's most widely known international stars. Pi ...

(1915–1963), French singer *

Edith Pitt Dame Edith Maud Pitt, (14 October 1906 – 27 January 1966) was a British Conservative Party MP for the Birmingham Edgbaston seat. She had also sat on Birmingham City Council, and sought several Parliamentary seats before being placed in the ...

(1906–1966), British politician * Edith Quimby (1891–1982), American medical researcher * Edith Ramirez (born 1967), American lawyer and chair of the Federal Trade Commission * Edith Roosevelt (1861–1948), American first lady and wife of Theodore Roosevelt *

Edith S. Sampson Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901 – October 8, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She conceded that Black people did not have equal rights in Amer ...

(1898–1979), American judge and diplomat *

Edith Schippers Edith Ingeborg Schippers (born 25 August 1964) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman serving as President of the DSM Company since 1 February 2019. Schippers, a political consu ...

(born 1964), Dutch politician *

Édith Scob Édith Scob (21 October 1937 – 26 June 2019) was a French film and theatre actress, best known for her role as the daughter with a disfigured face in ''Eyes Without a Face'' (1960). Early life and family Scob was born Édith Helena Vladimirovn ...

(born 1937), French actress *

Edie Sedgwick Edith Minturn Sedgwick Post (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971) was an American actress and fashion model, known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars.Watson, Steven (2003), "Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties" Pantheon Books, pp. 210& ...

(1943–1971), born Edith Minturn Sedgwick, American model and actress *

Edith Sitwell Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess ...

(1887–1964), British poet and critic * Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finnish poet *

Edith Somerville Edith Anna Œnone Somerville (2 May 1858 – 8 October 1949) was an Irish novelist who habitually signed herself as "E. Œ. Somerville". She wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym "Somerville a ...

(1858–1949), Irish novelist *

Edith Stein Edith Stein (religious name Saint Teresia Benedicta a Cruce ; also known as Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross or Saint Edith Stein; 12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942) was a German Jewish philosopher who converted to Christianity and became a ...

(1891–1942), German philosopher and nun *

Edith Summerskill Edith Clara Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill, (19 April 1901 – 4 February 1980) was a British physician, feminist, Labour politician and writer. She was appointed to the Privy Council in 1949. Early life Summerskill was educated at King's ...

(1901–1980), British politician * Edith Sutton (1862–1957), first woman councillor in England, Mayor of Reading and suffragist *

Edith Unnerstad Edith Alice Unnerstad (née Tötterman; 28 July 1900 – 29 December 1982) was a Swedish author, particularly known for her children's books. Life Unnerstad was born in Helsinki, Finland, the daughter of Swedes Axel and Ingeborg Tötterman. In 1 ...

(1900–1982), Swedish author * Edith Wall (1904–2012), New Zealand/Australian artist *

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portra ...

(1862–1937), American writer *

Edith Wilson Edith Wilson ( Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was the first lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 and the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his ...

(1872–1961), American first lady and wife of Woodrow Wilson

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Édith Audibert Édith Audibert (born 7 March 1948) is a French Republican politician who became a Member of the National Assembly in 2020, representing Var's 3rd constituency The 3rd constituency of the Var (French: ''Troisième circonscription du Var'') is ...

(born 1948), French politician *

(born 1934), French politician * Édith Girard (1949–2014), French architect *

(1915–1963), French singer-songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress *

(1937–2019), French film and theatre actress *

Édith Thomas Édith Thomas (23 January 1909, Montrouge – 7 December 1970, Paris) was a French novelist, archivist, historian, and journalist. A bisexual pioneer of women's history, she reputedly inspired a character of the erotic novel ''Story of O''.D ...

(1909–1970), French novelist, archivist, historian and journalist

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* Old English: Eadgyth (Also spelled "Ædgyth") * Albanian: Edita * Czech: Edita * Finnish: Eedit * French: Edith/Edyth * Hawaiian: Ekika *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

: Idit/ עידית * Hungarian: Edit * Italian: Editta * Latvian: Edīte * Lithuanian: Edita *

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

: Edyta *

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Port ...

: Edith/Edite * Serbian: Edita/Едита * Slovak: Edita *

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: ** Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...

: Edit * Swedish: Edith/Edit * Tongan: Iteti

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