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Edith

Edith: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“wealth, fortune and war”
Origin
Old English
Say it
EE-dith · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Old English Eadgyth, combining ead 'wealth, fortune' and gyth 'war.' Saint Edith and several medieval English bearers helped preserve the name.

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How popular is Edith?

2024174 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Edith in 2024579

2024 rank#528 girls

Peak year1895

Total US babies since 1880271,104

Edith is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Edith

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Edieprosperous in war · English
  • Edytheprosperity in war · Old English
  • Audreynoble strength · Old English
  • Ashleyash tree clearing · Old English
  • Hadleyheather field · Old English
  • Blakelydark wood or clearing · Old English
  • KimberlyCyneburg's meadow · Old English
  • Presleypriest's meadow · Old English

Edith questions

What does the name Edith mean?

Edith means "wealth, fortune and war". It comes from Old English. From Old English Eadgyth, combining ead 'wealth, fortune' and gyth 'war.' Saint Edith and several medieval English bearers helped preserve the name.

Is Edith a boy or girl name?

Edith is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Edith?

579 US babies were named Edith in 2024. Its peak year was 1895.

How do you pronounce Edith?

Edith is usually pronounced EE-dith.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.