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Origin of the name EDITH.
Etymology of the
name EDITH.
Meaning of the baby name EDITH.
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EDITH.
Probably from Editha (q.v.),
a Norman form of Scottish Saxon Eadgyth
(q.v.), meaning "rich gift." (History of Christian Names, Yonge,
1884). Also spelled Edyth.
Usage: America, Canada, England, Finland, Germany, Great Britain,
Ireland, Mexico, Scotland, Sweden.
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (d. 1961),
was the second wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. Edith Frank (d. 1945), the mother of Holocaust diarist
Anne Frank. Edith Anna
Somerville, an Irish novelist. Edith González, a Mexican
actress. Edith MacArthur, a Scottish actress. Edith Irene Södergran (d. 1923), was a Swedish-speaking
Finnish poet, born in Russia. (Wiki)
EDITH, ADA,
IDA.
Of the Teutonic or Anglo-Saxon names which have come down to us, none
are more beloved in modern England than Edith, Ada, or Ida, with the
diminutive Edie...
In spite of the popularity of Edith, it is in both
history and literature remarkable for its absence, an absence all the
more noticeable from its having been borne by two women distinguished
for their piety and beauty. Perhaps the misfortunes which seemed
to dog their steps made the superstitious Kings of the Middle Ages avoid
their name for their daughters...
Sir
Walter Scott, in three of his novels, introduces the name of
Edith. Edith, the "maid of Lora" in The Lord of the
Isles, whose marriage was interrupted by an unseemly quarrel between
her brother and Robert Bruce, The Lady Edith, mother Athelstane, in Ivanhoe; also The Lady Edith Plantagenet called "The Fair Maid of
Anjou," who marries David, Earl of Huntingdon, in The Talisman... (Girls' Christian Names, Swan,
1905)
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