Edith

My middle name is Edith and while I've never really grown to love it, I do appreciate its history and relative rarity. As for the meaning - "prosperous in war", at least it doesn't mean "failing in peace", I guess! I was named after my grandmother, more commonly called Edie. When I was a child I disliked it; no one my age had ever heard of it and many pronounced it kind of backwards as Eeth-it when I told them. At the same time, with three girls at school sharing the middle name Catherine, I enjoyed knowing that I had an unusual name.

My Mom always hated her name also, she used her middle name.

But my mom loved her grandmother very much, they were very close.

Are you me?? My great grandma was Edith, mom is Edythe. My mom has always hated her name and goes by Edy. She says her mom and my great grandma weren't that close and she wishes she didn't share the name.

My Great Grandmother's name was Edith
My Grandmother named my mom Edythe in honor of her mom.

I love this name. I didn't use to but it's really grown on me.

My partner isn't a fan, but he has two male family names he wants to honor that I think work equally well as unisex middle names, so I plan to barter ;)

It's one of my favorite names too but how on earth can I get dad to like it?

I really love Edith. Sadly, it doesn't work here in Chile or another Spanish speaker countries. The Spanish pronounciation is kind of clunky (e-DEET, a short E, and a hard T). The English pronounciation is perfect! The long E and the soft, dainty TH...

I love how delicate this name sounds, despite its meaning. The long E- and soft -th are so gorgeous, while not being to sweet or frilly. Edie is nice as a nickname, but I prefer Edith in full.

I think it sounds adorable with Tobias.

Does Edith sound good with Tobias?

I like it a lot, maybe because of downton abbey lol.

This name is starting to grow on me. It's gorgeous! I also love the German variation, Editha. It'll be back soon enough!

Actually, in France they have Édith. (the e is short and the th is pronounced like a t.)

I really love this name, and I'm glad to see that people like this name. I didn't get a lot of positivity from the no-Berries.

Nn is Edie :)

Edith is beautiful but I like Jessica too.

My mom is an Edith/Edie. I really like it and would have put it in our shortlist but the husband disagreed.

We have chosen Eadie for our baby if it's a girl, due in November, my partner picked it out and I think it's adorable! Finding uncommon names that are nice is hard!

I wish my name was Edith. It's absolutely gorgeous!

I love this name, but because of desires to move to Europe, it might not work with the "th".

Such a magnificent name...

I adore Edith. Good choice.

I would just retire this name along with Gladys

I'm starting to like this right along with Irene and Marian. Seriously, maybe since I was raised by my grandparents and watched re-runs of the shows they first watched when they where new I'm more open to names like this.

Thanks! It took me a while to get there, but me too :)

That's awesome! The difference a few years make- I hope I'll meet younger fellow Ediths out there in person. Do you mostly go by Edith or nicknames like Edie? I've never really had nicknames besides the occasional person calling me Dith.

I'm 17 and my name is Edith. I've actually met a couple Edith's my own age about let's say a little over half a dozen or more.

I'd rather be an Edith than a jessica any day.

I am slowly starting to love this name.

I'm a college-age Edith, and I've never ever met an Edith who was younger than baby-boomer age. Amidst the Jessicas, Amandas, Brittanys and Ashleys of my generation, my name seems very old and clunky, and growing up I've had comments on how "interesting" it was to meet an Edith who "wasn't an old grandma".

But I think the vintage name revival trend is changing the tides somewhat- over the years I've been getting more and more compliments on how unexpected, refreshing, and pretty, my name is. Hopefully more parents will see the appeal of Edith and contribute towards more playground-age little Edies, though I'd imagine more readily appealing vintage gems like Beatrice and Louisa rising back to popularity sooner than Edith.

LOVE!!! Edie is such a dainty and bold nickname.

Yes! I was trying to find somewhere to write that so that it can be fixed. I wonder if there is somewhere to report errors.

I'm pretty sure William the Conqueror's wife's name was Matilda.

I will never like this name. It reminds me of "eat it" as in Archie Bunker saying "Hey Eedit! Get me a beech!".

In fact, in my mind it is slowly blossoming into absolutely beautiful.

I really like this name.