Edith
See also: Édith
English
Etymology
Old English ēad (“riches”) + gȳð (“war, strife, battle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Audagunþiz, from *audaz + *gunþiz. Name of a 10th century English saint.
Proper noun
Edith
- A female given name from Old English.
- 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
- Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.
- 1903 Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers 1903, page 11:
- 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.
- 2009 Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, →ISBN, page 76:
- - - 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?"
- 1809 Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
Derived terms
Translations
female given name
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From English Edith in the 19th century.
Proper noun
Edith
- a female given name from English.
Related terms
References
- [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 32 166 females with the given name Edith have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
German
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Edith
- a female given name from English borrowed from English in the 19th century.
Norwegian
Proper noun
Edith
- a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit.
Swedish
Proper noun
Edith c (genitive Ediths)
- a female given name, a less common spelling of Edit.
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