Name
Edith
Meaning
Edith is a feminine name of Old English origin meaning “prosperous in war”.
Edith joins the Old English ead, wealth and blessedness, with gyth, war, a favorite among Anglo-Saxon royal women that survived the Norman Conquest when most native names did not. Singer Édith Piaf and nurse Edith Cavell gave it twentieth-century courage.
A US top-30 name around 1900, now returning with the vintage revival.
Popularity in the United States
Girls
Ranked #499 in 2025 · peak #443 in 1995
Data: US Social Security Administration, top-1000 ranks.
At a glance
- Origin
- Old English
- Gender
- Feminine
- Pronounced
- /EE-dith/
- Themes
- Warrior
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Questions
Edith is a feminine name of Old English origin meaning “prosperous in war”. Edith joins the Old English ead, wealth and blessedness, with gyth, war, a favorite among Anglo-Saxon royal women that survived the Norman Conquest when most native names did not.
Edith is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. It is a US top-30 name around 1900, now returning with the vintage revival.
The name Edith comes from Old English. Edith joins the Old English ead, wealth and blessedness, with gyth, war, a favorite among Anglo-Saxon royal women that survived the Norman Conquest when most native names did not. Singer Édith Piaf and nurse Edith Cavell gave it twentieth-century courage.
Edith is pronounced EE-dith.
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