Edith
See also: Édith
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English Ēadġȳð, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.
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Proper noun edit
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, 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?"
Derived terms edit
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female given name
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
From English Edith in the 19th century.
Proper noun edit
Edith c
- a female given name from English
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References edit
- [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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Edith in the 19th century.
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Edith f
- a female given name from English
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Proper noun edit
Edith f
- a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Proper noun edit
Edith f
- a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Edith.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Edith f
- a female given name from English
Swedish edit
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Edith c (genitive Ediths)
- a female given name, a less common spelling of Edit