Edith

See also: Édith

English

Etymology

From Old English Ēadġȳð, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈidɪθ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Proper noun

Edith

1. 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

• Edithburgh
• Stoke Edith

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Edita (cs) f
• Danish: Edith c
• French: Édith (fr) f
• German: Edit f, Edith (de) f
• Hungarian: Edit (hu)
• Latvian: Edīte f
• Norwegian: Edit (no)
• Polish: Edyta (pl) f
• Swedish: Edit (sv)
• Ukrainian: Еді́та f (Edíta)

See also

• Bealdġȳð (“Baldith (bold battle)”)

Anagrams

• Heidt, dieth, ithed

Danish

Etymology

From English Edith in the 19th century.

Proper noun

Edith c

1. a female given name from English

Related terms

• Ditte

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

Alternative forms

• Edit

Etymology

Borrowed from English Edith in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdɪt/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Edith f

1. a female given name from English

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Edith f

1. a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Edith f

1. a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Edith.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈdid/ [eˈð̞ið̞]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: E‧dith

Proper noun

Edith f

1. a female given name from English

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Edith c (genitive Ediths)

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Edit