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Edith

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mummytobeforbabyno1 · 30/12/2016 21:50

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user1475002412 · 01/01/2017 22:51

Please dont. I am a "young" Edith and I absolutely hate my old lady name. Before people meet me they think I'm about 80, and the constant looks of surprise become very tedious.

I know people think these old women names are hip and trendy, but I envy my friends their normal, not OAP names!

NavyandWhite · 01/01/2017 19:30

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lornathewizzard · 01/01/2017 14:12

Love it. We were going to use Meredith if we had a 2nd girl this time and I liked that it had Edith in it.

raviolidreaming · 01/01/2017 13:58

I don't like the way it looks or sounds at all.

waitingforsomething · 01/01/2017 13:16

I love it. it's DDs middle name and I sometimes wish I had picked it has her first name (although I like that too!!). Works for all ages.

Vixxfacee · 01/01/2017 13:09

Ugly name.

user1477282676 · 01/01/2017 05:33

I know an Edith. She's called both Edith and Edie. Lovely.

cornflowerblu · 01/01/2017 05:32

The very worst of the granny names, hideous

marmitecrumpets · 01/01/2017 05:04

Love it

Hellofromtheotherside16 · 01/01/2017 04:42

Don't particularly like granny names and that is one of the worst.

IpDipCatnip · 31/12/2016 23:31

I teach, Edith has come back into fashion in the last 10 or so years, Still not common but maybe 1 in every 3 form year. Most are called Edie.

CatsCantFlyFast · 31/12/2016 21:01

I have an edie. Something I had never considered is how many people see it written down and call her Eddie 🤔

Pikmin · 31/12/2016 20:56

Was my girls name choice 👶 but had a boy.

puddeycat · 31/12/2016 20:51

I have an Edie! She is 3. I love it!

BagelDog · 31/12/2016 17:32

Love it. Only know one who is seven, no others at a big nursery, infant and junior school here that I am aware of so not exactly common. She is known as Dilly by her family.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 31/12/2016 17:30

Edith is lovely, as is Eden, nick name Edie.

clary · 31/12/2016 17:03

I luuurrrve the name Edith Grin

I only know one, despite the received MN wisdom that it is very popular.

The Edith I know is a teenager and there have never been any at her schools or anywhere else.

None at the school I work at either. I do know a few Florences, Eloises, Esthers, Arthurs, Freddies, Henrys, which are often quoted as similarly popular.

So to sum up - go for it!

ScarletSienna · 31/12/2016 16:55

I really like it and know none at all. It doesn't fall into the Granny chic category for me as I also know no old people called it!

CakeRattleandRoll · 31/12/2016 15:55

I like it.

toffeeboffin · 31/12/2016 12:31

My SILS name.

Like it, but think you have to be quite chic / charismatic to carry it off. You'll know when you see baby's face.

TheresABluebirdOnMyShoulder · 31/12/2016 12:29

I think it's beautiful, a very versatile name. Cute for a baby, quirky for a teen and elegant for a grown up. But then it's what I called my DD so I would say that! We usually call her Edie though.

DramaAlpaca · 31/12/2016 00:37

I'm not keen on Edith, although I do like Edie.

I think I'm probably the wrong age to appreciate granny-chic names. If I was having children now instead of 20 years ago I'd probably really like it. To me it's a name from my mother's generation, so it seems old fashioned rather than fresh & cool.

Philoslothy · 31/12/2016 00:31

It is lovely

1horatio · 31/12/2016 00:21

I don't like it.

I personally think it's ugly and it's also rather popular.

But I like Esther. So, I'm probably just weird.

DorcasthePuffin · 30/12/2016 23:37

I love it.

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