Edith
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Anglo-Saxon name meaning ‘happy war’; occasionally used in Ireland
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛdit/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Edith is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country. In Panama it is the 8th most common given name.
- PEPeru≈1 in 543(inferred from the name graph)
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 727
- CLChile≈1 in 800
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Edith itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- #756 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 385 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 543 (inferred from the name graph)
≈140,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled אדית in HU Hungary, DE Germany.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Anglo-Saxon name meaning ‘happy war’; occasionally used in Ireland.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Edith, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Edith counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Edith | 27 |
| US United States | — | 92,920 | 1 in 3.6K | 93K | Edith | 385 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈68,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | אדית | 3 |
| PE Peru | #92 | ≈59,000 est. | ≈1 in 543 | — | Edith | 80 |
| HU Hungary | #909 | 52,019as Edit | 1 in 188 | 52K | אדית | 3 |
| CL Chile | #137 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 800 | 1 | Edith | 90 |
| SE Sweden | — | 10,392 | 1 in 982 | 10K | — | 25 |
| SV El Salvador | #156 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 727 | — | Edith | 31 |
| PA Panama | #8 | ≈3,900 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Edith | 52 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Edith is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Old English, from ēad ‘wealth’ + gȳð ‘battle’
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, from the Old English feminine name Edith; first attested Ralph filius Edihe 1188 BuryS (Sf)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
From an Old English female personal name derived from éad ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + gyd ‘strife’. This was borne by a daughter (961-984) of Edgar the Peaceful (she was named in accordance with the common Old English practice of repeating name elements within a family). She spent her short life in a convent, and is regarded as a saint. Pet form: Edie.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Anglo-Saxon, ‘happy war’. This name has occasionally been used in Ireland. Editha, probably a variant, occurs in the Wallis family.
as a nameIrish first names
In English, A female given name from Old English.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Matilda of Scotlandb. 1080GBnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England
- Edith Nesbitb. 1858GBEnglish author and poet (1858–1924)
- Edith Whartonb. 1862USAmerican writer and designer (1862–1937)
- Edith Evansb. 1888GBBritish actress (1888–1976)
- Edith Headb. 1897USAmerican film and television costumer (1897-1981)
- Edith Frank-Holländerb. 1900DEMother of Holocaust diarist Anne Frank (1900–1945)
- Peggy Ashcroftb. 1907GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1907-1991)
- Cecilia Rothb. 1956ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
- Edie Falcob. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Camilla Läckbergb. 1974SEnot in their usual nameSwedish crime writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 111 sources across 64 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 93K | #573 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 10K | #390 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 4.1K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 595 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 260 | #573 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Edith mean, and where does it come from?
- Anglo-Saxon name meaning ‘happy war’; occasionally used in Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
- What are other forms of the name Edith?
- In the etymology graph, Edit, Editha and Edita are forms of the same name in other languages; Edie and Ditte are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Edith a male or female name?
- Edith is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Edith?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛdit/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Edith have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 135 thousand people named Edith in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled edith.
- How common is the name Edith?
- In the United States, the national register counted 92,920 people named Edith in 2020, about 1 in 3.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Edith compared with other names?
- In Panama, Edith is the 8th most common given name of 24,657 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Edith?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/edithThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Edith” — the 8th most common given name in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.