Edith
Edith is a female first name.
Name Days
9 August, 16 September, 8 December
Origin and Meaning
Edith is derived from the Old English name Eadgyth. The name consists of the elements ead (rich, blessed ) and Gyth ( battle, war).
Dissemination
The name Edith who in the 1920s and early 1930s, one of the ten most frequently awarded maiden name in Germany. From the beginning of the forties its popularity declined since the late sixties, he is hardly in use.
Anniversaries
- January 26 ( Edith, wife of Otto the Great, long considered sacred )
- August 9 ( saint Edith Stein ( Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) )
- September 16 ( Saint Edith of Wilton, 984 martyr in England)
- December 8 ( Holy Edith, 819 martyr in France)
Variants
- Danish: Ditte
- German: Editha. Edda ( name day: March 29 ), Edgitha, Edit
- English: Edie, Edi, Edytha, Edythe, DEdit
- French: Édith
- Polish: Edyta
- Portuguese: Edite
- Czech, Slovenian, Croatian, Edita, Dita
- Hungarian: Edit
Famous names winners
- Edith Abbott (1876-1957), American sociologist and social reformer
- Edith Baumann (1909-1973), German socialist politician and FDJ functionary
- Edith Bouvier Beale (1917-2002), American actress and model
- Edith Carstensen (* 1926), German paper cutting artist
- Edith Clever (* 1940), German film director
- Edith Evans (1888-1976), British actress
- Edith Fellows (1923-2011), American actress
- Edith Gabry (1927-2012), Hungarian soprano
- Edyta Górniak (born 1972 ), Polish singer
- Édith Grattery ( b. 1960 ), French comic artist
- Edith Hamilton (1867-1963), German - American teacher and writer
- Edith Hancke (* 1928), German actress people
- Edith army Degen (1913-1982), German actress
- Edith Hunkeler (born 1972 ), Swiss athlete
- Edith Jacobsohn (1891-1935), German translator and publisher
- Edith Mathis ( born 1938 ), Swiss soprano
- Edith Mill (1925-2007), Austrian theater and film actress
- Edith Nesbit (1858-1924), English author
- Edith Pargeter (1913-1995), English writer
- Edith Peter (* 1958), Austrian alpine skier
- Edith Peinemann (* 1937), German violinist
- Édith Piaf (1915-1963), French chanteuse
- Edith Picht - Axenfeld (1914-2001), German pianist and harpsichordist
- Piecha Edith (* 1937), Russian pop singer
- Edith Prock (* 1949), German singer
- Edith Roosevelt (1861-1948), second wife of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt
- Edith Rosenbaum (1877-1975), American fashion journalist and war correspondent
- Edith of Scotland ( ~ 1080-1118 )
- Edith Schultze- Westrum (1904-1981), German actress
- Edith Sitwell (1887-1964), British poet
- Edith Södergran (1892-1923), Finland-Swedish poet
- Edith Stein (1891-1942), German philosopher and Catholic nun of Jewish descent
- Edith Swanneck (Old English " Ealdg ȳ ð Swann hnesce, Edith [ the ] gentle swan ", * 1025, † after 1066), companion of King Harold II of England
- Edith Thys (born 1966 ), American alpine skier
- Edith Wharton (1862-1937), American novelist
Places
Others
- Edith Fröhnert Foundation
- Edith - Stein-Schule Erfurt
- Edith ( Asteroid )