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Edith or Edie/Eadie?

58 replies

Moonshine160 · 26/08/2022 09:54

Due in 4 weeks and we have no name! The only name me and DH keep coming back to is Edith/Edie. We both love Edie but not sure if we should officially name her Edith on the birth certificate so that she has more options as Edie sounds quite nicknamey to me? Would you name your daughter Edith or Edie?

A friend suggested just calling her Edie but spelling it “Eadie” so people don’t think her name is pronounced like Eddie. But I think Eadie looks really strange?

Any thoughts please?

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WaltzingWaters · 26/08/2022 12:22

It’s cute. Definitely Edie and not Eadie.

SalviaOfficinalis · 26/08/2022 12:20

I’d go Edith nn Edie. I know a gorgeous little Edith/Edie.

SizzlerFizzler · 26/08/2022 12:17

I hate Edith so I'd just go for Edie.

Eadie looks clunky.

hewouldwouldnthe · 26/08/2022 10:17

It was my grandmas name and I love that it's coming around again. Edith, with nn Edie great.

Ifiwasabird · 26/08/2022 10:07

I agree. Edith officially and Edie as a nickname. It's a lovely name.

DuchessOfSausage · 26/08/2022 10:07

Edie isn't too bad but it makes me think of ED - eating disorder or erectile dysfunction
Eadie looks weird.

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/08/2022 10:07

ELEGANT not elegantly - it’s a lovely name.

Luredbyapomegranate · 26/08/2022 10:06

Edith on the birth cert, nick name Edie. It’s good to have options and she might want the more grown up Edith when she’s older, it’s very elegantly.

Ignore your friend - Edie is more popular than Eddie right now and everyone knows it’s pronounced Eee-Dee. Dopey younique spellings don’t improve any name and will mean a lifetime of correcting people for her.