Edith is a girl's name of German origin meaning “wealth, riches and battle.” In 2024 it was given to 579 girls in the United States.
Edith belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “wealth, riches and battle” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Edith first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #26 in 1894, and in 2024 579 babies received the name — 270,279 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Edith means “wealth, riches and battle” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Edith is a girl name. In 2024, 579 babies received the name in the US.
Edith comes from the German, English & American and Scandinavian tradition.
Edith first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #26 in 1894, and 579 babies were given the name in 2024.
Edith is pronounced /ˈidɪθ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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