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'', in combination with the Old English , meaning '' strife'', 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 has remained in steady use. It has been among the top hundred most popular names for newborn girls in

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in 2021, with 55 uses that year. The name Edith has five

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Edith

* Edith of Polesworth (died c. 960), abbess * Edith of Wessex (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 (1876–1957), American economist * Edith Agoye (born 1976), Nigerian retired footballer * Edith Aitken (1861–1940), British headmistress * Edith Vosburgh Alvord (1875–1962), American suffragist * Edith Archibald (1854–1936), Canadian suffragist * Edith Baird (1859–1924), American chess composer * Edith Baumann (artist), abstract artist based in Santa Monica, California * Edith Bideau (1888–1958), American soprano, music educator * Edith von Bonsdorff, (1890–1968) Danish-Finnish ballerina and choreographer * Edith Bonlieu (1934–1995), French alpine skier * 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 Carr (1856-1919), American-Canadian China-painter and founder of the YWCA in Victoria, British Columbia *

Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell ( ; 4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape ...

(1865–1915), British nurse * Edith Mellado Céspedes (b. 1938), Peruvian politician and educator * Edith Clark (1904–1937), French aviator and parachutist * Edith Clayton (1920–1989), Canadian basket maker * Edith Brown Clement (born 1948), American judge * Edith Clements (1874–1971), American botanist *

Edith Cole (tennis) Edith Mary Hutchinson Cole (10 September 1862 - 22 October 1945) née Edith Coleridge also known as Edith Coleridge Cole was an English tennis player of the late 19th century. She won the singles at the prestigious Northern Championships in Manc ...

(1862-1945), English tennis player * Edith Maud Cook (1878–1910), early British parachutist, balloonist, and aviator, recognized as Britain's first female pilot * 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 (1865–1914), Canadian writer * Edith Ebers (1894–1974), German geologist, glaciologist * Edith Eduviere (born 1986), Nigerian football midfielder * Edith Efron (1922–2001), American journalist * Edith Ellis (1861–1916), British writer * Edith Evans (1888–1976), British actress *Edith Falco (born 1963), better known as Edie Falco, American actress * Edith Fisch (1923–2006), American jurist and legal scholar * Edith Flagg (1919–2014), American fashion designer * Edith M. Flanigen (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 (1910–1987), American politician and congresswoman * Edith Julia Griswold (1863-1926), American lawyer and patent expert *

Edith Grossman Edith Marion Grossman (née Dorph; March 22, 1936 – September 4, 2023) was an American literary translator. Known for her work translating Latin American literature, Latin American and Spanish literature to English, she translated the works o ...

(1936-2023), American literary translator * Edith Hacon (1875–1952), Scottish suffragist from

Dornoch Dornoch (; ; ) 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 Moray Firth to the east. ...

, 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 Hancox (1874–1954), British-born Canadian socialist feminist and journalist *

Edith Hannam Edith Margaret Hannam (''née'' Boucher; 28 November 1878 – 16 January 1951) was a tennis player from Great Britain. She played at the 1912 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals. Family life Edith Margaret Boucher was born in Bristol, Glou ...

(1878–1951), tennis player from Great Britain *

Edith Head Edith Claire Head (née Posener, October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American film costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making he ...

(1897–1981), American costume designer * Edith Heard (born 1965), British-French researcher in epigenetics * 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 Irwin Hobart (1869–1958), American civic leader * Edith Holden (1871–1920), British artist and teacher * Edith Howes (1872–1954), New Zealand writer * Edith Jacobson (1897–1978), German psychoanalyst * Edith Jones (born 1949), American judge *Edith Katiji, known professionally as Edith WeUtonga, (born 1979), Zimbabwean musician * Edith Kellnhauser (1933–2019), nursing scientist, educator, and writer * Edith Balfour Lyttelton (1865–1948), British novelist * Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney (1895–1978), first "Miss America" * Edith Scott Magna (1885–1960), American civic leader * Edith Masai (born 1967), Kenyan former long-distance runner * Edith Massey (actress) (1918–1984), American actress and singer *Edith Massey (1863–1946), Welsh botanist and painter, one of the two Massey Sisters * Edith Master (1932–2013), American equestrian *

Edith Mathis Edith Mathis (; 11 February 19389 February 2025) was a Swiss soprano known for her roles in List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart's operas. Early in her career, Cherubino in ''Le nozze di Figaro'' was her signature role that she perf ...

(1938–2025), 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 McGuire (born 1944), American former sprinter * Edith Morley (1875–1964), British literary scholar * Edith Motridge (1913–2007), American competitive swimmer * Edith Nakiyingi (born 1968), retired Ugandan middle-distance runner * Edith Nesbit (1858–1924), British writer * Edith Nielsen (1906–1994), Danish diver * Edith Noeding (born 1954), retired female track and field athlete from Peru * Edith Northman (1893–1956), American architect *

Edith Olivier Edith Maud Olivier MBE (Order of the British Empire), MBE (31 December 1872 – 10 May 1948) was an English writer, also noted for acting as hostess to a circle of well-known writers, artists, and composers in her native Wiltshire. Family and ch ...

(1872–1948), British writer * Edith MacQueen (1900–1977), Scottish historian * Edith Pargeter (1913–1995), British writer *

Edith Marion Patch Edith Marion Patch (27 July 1876 – 28 September 1954) was an American entomologist and writer. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she received a degree from the University of Minnesota in 1901 and originally embarked on a career as an English ...

(1876–1954), American entomologist * Edith Pechey (1845–1908), British doctor and suffragette * Edith Penrose (1914–1996), British economist * Edith Philips, American writer and educator * Edith Pitt (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 Rotch (1874-1969), American tennis player * Edith S. Sampson (1898–1979), American judge and diplomat * Edith Schippers (born 1964), Dutch politician * Edie Sedgwick (1943–1971), born Edith Minturn Sedgwick, American model and actress * Edith Sigala (born 1976), Mexican para table tennis player * 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 Thompson (1893–1923), English murderer * Edith Thompson (historian), historian and lexicographer * Edith Thys (born 1966), American former World Cup alpine ski racer * Edith Unnerstad (1900–1982), Swedish author * Edith Udhardt (1929–2024), German nurse, social activist and politician * Edith van Dijk (born 1973), Dutch swimmer * Edith Wall (1904–2012), New Zealand/Australian artist * Edith Wharton (1862–1937), American writer * Edith Widder (born 1951), American oceanographer, marine biologist, author, and the co-founder, CEO and Senior Scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association * Edith Wilson (1872–1961), American first lady and wife of Woodrow Wilson *

Edith Windsor Edith Windsor (née Schlain; June 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017) was an American LGBT rights in the United States, LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United State ...

(1929–2017), LGBTQ+ rights advocate * Edith Wisa (born 1994), Kenyan volleyball player * Edith Wolf (born 1972), Swiss former wheelchair racer * Edith Woodhouse (c. 1860–1918), Scottish-born New Zealand artist * Edith Zimmermann (born 1941), Austrian former alpine skier

Édith

* Édith Audibert (born 1948), French politician * Édith Butler (born 1942), Acadian-Canadian singer-songwriter * Édith Cresson (born 1934), French politician * Édith Girard (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

Fictional characters

* Edith, a fictional '' Demigod'' character from '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang'' * Edith the Lunch Lady, a character in the 2017 film '' Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' * Edith Artois, fictional character in the British television series Allo 'Allo!'' * Edith Bunker, a character in the 1970s sitcom ''All in the Family'' * Lady Edith Crawley, fictional character in the British television series ''Downton Abbey'' * Edith Finch, fictional main character of '' What Remains of Edith Finch'' * Edith Gru, a character in the '' Despicable Me'' franchise * Edith Hughes, fictional character in the American television series ''As The World Turns'' * Edith Prickley, fictional character portrayed by Andrea Martin on the Canadian television series ''SCTV'' * Edith Ross, fictional character in the American television series ''Suits'' * Edith Zuckerman, a supporting character in the children's novel '' Charlotte's Web''

Translations

* Albanian and Romanian: Edita * Czech: Edita * Finnish: Eedit * French: Edith/Edyth * Hawaiian: Ekika *

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

: Idit/ עידית * Hungarian: Edit * Italian: Editta * Japanese: Edisu/エディス * Latvian: Edīte * Lithuanian: Edita * Polish: Edyta * Portuguese: Edith/Edite * Serbian: Edita/Едита * Slovak: Edita * Spanish: Edit * Swedish: Edith/Edit * Tongan: Iteti

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