Edith is a feminine

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derived from the

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 ...

words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, 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
/ref> It became far less common as a name for children by the late 20th century. The name Edith has five name days: May 14 in Estonia, January 13 in the Czech Republic, October 31 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, July 5 in

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

, and September 16 in France, Hungary, Poland and

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

Edith

* Edith of Polesworth (died c. 960), abbess * Edith of Wessex (1025–1075), Queen of England *

Edith of Wilton Edith of Wilton ( – 16 September 984) was an English nun, saint, and the only daughter of Edgar, King of England (r. 959–975), and Saint Wulfthryth, who later became abbess of Wilton Abbey. Edgar most likely abducted Wulfthryth from Wilto ...

(961–984), English nun * Edith the Fair (1025–1086), first wife or mistress of King Harold II of England * Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American economist * Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875–1962), American suffragist * Edith Archibald (1854–1936), Canadian suffragist * Edith Baird (1859–1924), American chess composer * Edith Bideau (1888–1958), American soprano, music educator * Edith von Bonsdorff, (1890–1968) Danish-Finnish ballerina and choreographer * Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy * Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale (1895–1977), American socialite and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy * Edith Bosch (born 1980), Dutch judoka * Edith Bowman (born 1974), British television and radio presenter * Edith Cavell (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 (born 1948), American judge *

Edith Clements Edith Gertrude Clements (1874–1971), also known as Edith S. Clements and Edith Schwartz Clements, was an American botanist and pioneer of botanical ecology who was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Nebraska. She was marr ...

(1874–1971), American botanist * Edith Cowan (1861–1932), Australian politician and member of parliament * Édith Cresson (born 1934), French politician and prime minister * Edith Dimock (1876–1955), American painter * Edith Durham (1863–1944), British writer and anthropologist *

Edith Eaton Sui Sin Far (, born Edith Maude Eaton; 15 March 1865 – 7 April 1914) was an author known for her writing about Han Chinese, Chinese people in North America and the Chinese American experience. "Sui Sin Far", the pen name under which most of he ...

(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, 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 Edith Flagg (née Faierstein, also known as Feuerstein; November 1, 1919 – August 13, 2014) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer, fashion industry executive, and philanthropist. She was the first designer to import polyester as a fas ...

(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 Edith Willis Linn Forbes (, Willis; after first marriage, Linn; after second marriage, Forbes; pen name, E. W. L.; February 19, 1865 – September 29, 1945) was an American poet and writer. Active in clubs, she founded the Rochester Poetry Societ ...

(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 (1910–1987), American politician and congresswoman * Edith Julia Griswold (1863-1926), American lawyer and patent expert * Edith Grossman (born 1936), American literary translator *

Edith Hacon Edith Hacon (1875 – 25 August 1952) also known as Rhyllis Llewellyn Hacon, later Mrs "Amaryllis" Robichaud, was a leading Scottish suffragist from Dornoch, a World War One nursing volunteer, as well as an international socialite. Biography ...

(1875–1952), Scottish suffragist from Dornoch, a World War One nursing volunteer, as well as an international socialite * Edith Halpert (1900–1970), American art dealer * Edith Hamilton (1867–1963) American classicist and educator * Edith Head (1897–1981), American costume designer *

Edith Heath Edith Kiertzner Heath (May 24, 1911 – December 27, 2005) was an American studio potter and founder of Heath Ceramics. The company, well known for its mid-century modern Ceramic art, ceramic tableware, including "Heathware," and architectura ...

(1911–2005), American studio potter *

Edith Henderson Edith Harrison Henderson (1911–2005) was an American landscape architect who practiced largely in the American South. She wrote a column for the ''Atlanta Journal Constitution'' and was the first woman to be elected an officer of the American S ...

(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 Edith Annie Howes (29 August 1872 – 9 July 1954) was a New Zealand teacher, educationalist, and writer of children's literature. She was a Member of the Order of the British Empire and received the King George VI Coronation Medal for her servi ...

(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 ...

(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 (1933–2019), nursing scientist, educator, and writer * Edith Balfour Lyttelton (1865–1948), British novelist *

Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney Edith Norman Hyde Robbins Macartney (1895 – April 1978) became the first-ever "Miss America" in 1919 in a contest held in New York City. She later became a fortune teller under the pseudonym Pandora. Family and marriages She was born Edith Norma ...

(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 (1925–2014), Hawaiian author, genealogist, and traditional hula expert. * Edith Maryon (1872–1924), English sculptor * Edith Morley (1875–1964), British literary scholar * Edith Nesbit (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 (1914–1996), British economist *

Edith Philips Edith Philips (November 3, 1892 – July 19, 1983) was an American writer and academic of French literature. Her research focused on eighteenth-century French literature and French emigration to the United States. She was a Guggenheim Fellow (1 ...

, American writer and educator * Édith Piaf (1915–1963), French singer * Edith Pitt (1906–1966), British politician *

Edith Quimby Edith Hinkley Quimby (July 10, 1891 – October 11, 1982) was an American medical researcher and physicist, best known as one of the founders of nuclear medicine. Her work involved developing diagnostic and therapeutic applications of X-rays. One ...

(1891–1982), American medical researcher *

Edith Ramirez Edith Ramirez (born May 28, 1968) is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission from 2010 to 2017. Ramirez served as FTC Chair from 2013 to 2017, the first person of color to lead the agency. Early life and educa ...

(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 consultan ...

(born 1964), Dutch politician * Édith Scob (born 1937), French actress * Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), born Edith Minturn Sedgwick, American model and actress * Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), British poet and critic * Edith Södergran (1892–1923), Finnish poet * Edith Somerville (1858–1949), Irish novelist * Edith Stein (1891–1942), German philosopher and nun * Edith Summerskill (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 portray ...

(1862–1937), American writer * Edith Wilson (1872–1961), American first lady and wife of Woodrow Wilson

Édith

Édith Audibert Édith Audibert (born 7 March 1948) is a French Republican politician who became a Member of the National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both ho ...

(born 1948), French politician * Édith Cresson (born 1934), French politician *

Édith Girard Édith Girard (1949 – 6 September 2014) was a French architect who in particular designed a number of apartment buildings in the Paris area. Biography Girard was born and lived in Paris. Girard's main developments include apartment buildings in ...

(1949–2014), French architect * Édith Piaf (1915–1963), French singer-songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress * Édith Scob (1937–2019), French film and theatre actress * Édith Thomas (1909–1970), French novelist, archivist, historian and journalist

Translations

: Eadgyth (Also spelled "Ædgyth") *

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...

: Edita * Czech: Edita * Finnish: Eedit *

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

: Edith/Edyth * Hawaiian: Ekika * Hebrew: Idit/ עידית * Hungarian: Edit * Italian: Editta * Latvian: Edīte *

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

: Edita * Polish: Edyta * Portuguese: Edith/Edite *

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

: Edita/Едита * Slovak: Edita * Spanish: Edit *

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

: Edith/Edit * Tongan: Iteti

References

Behind The Name

Etymology Online

United States Social Security Database
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