Edith

Where Edith comes from

Inherited from Old English Ēadġȳþ. Name of a 10th century English saint. Compare Swedish Edit.
— Wiktionary's entry for Edith
  • Old English
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1862
    Edith Wharton born
    American writer and designer
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #28 among girls — 768 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Edith Stein born
    Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher
  4. 1894
    Peak, #26
    1,820 babies named Edith — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #300.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Old English.
Namesakes
  • Edith Wharton · American writer and designer, 1862–1937
  • Edith Stein · Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher, 1891–1942
  • Edith Cavell · British nurse, 1865–1915
  • Edith Evans · British actress, 1888–1976
  • Edith Södergran · Finland Swedish poet and writer, 1892–1923

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.