Edith: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced EE-dith · 2 syllables

Edith means “prosperous in war”, from English.

Inherited from Old English Eadgyth. Name of a 10th century English saint. Compare Swedish Edit.

How popular is Edith?

Edith was the #499 name in the US in 2025, given to 595 babies. It’s rising: up 40% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Edith in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Edith are older than 68; most are between 24 and 91. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Edith have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Edith means “prosperous in war”. It comes from English.

Edith is pronounced EE-dith.

Edith was the #499 name in the US in 2025, given to 595 babies. It’s rising: up 40% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Edith are older than 68. Most are between 24 and 91.