Not told anyone but....

[JulyOrAugustThatIsTheQuestion]

.....our names are now officially sorted..........I think.

I did have a wobble earlier today due to an article being in a paper, but I think we're happy

Girl - Eidith Lily (Eidi for short)
Boy - Seth Lucas

I'm hoping that I should be safe from other children in the class having the same name........???

[Rhubarbgarden]

Edith is a beautiful name.

[SherlockHolmes]

Eidi surely rhymes with Heidi? Spell it properly and it will be lovely. Made up spellings are judged harshly I think you'll find. And not just on MN.

[PaisleyLeaf]

I would say 'eye' dith with that spelling.

It's funny, I worked in a nursing home about 20 yrs ago and we used to talk about the name fashions. Just couldn't imagine a baby called Edith/Ethel/Enid etc at the time ....and here we are, they've come round again.

[deemented]

Not so keen on Eidith, but love Seth.

Would like Seth for this one if it's a boy, but can't as i already have a Tate and people would think we're Emmerdale fans

[SloganLogan]

Lovely names :) But I'd use the Edith spelling to avoid having to constantly correct Eye-dee and Eye-dith.

[ShoutyHamster]

Eidith sounds like it should be Heidi with the H dropped - 'Ello 'Eidi !!

Sorry! If it's pronounced Edith SPELL IT EDITH. Your DD will thank you for it! Edith is lovely.

Seth very nice. I wouldn't describe it as popular.

[MugglesandLuna]

People will call her eyedith. It looks like a typo.

I know a lovely little girl called Edith, she gets called Edie and its a very pretty name.

[FellatioNelson]

I love the name Edith, I think it's beautiful - really classy. However:

1. when I first read your OP I didn't even realise the Eidith or Eidi was supposed to be the same as Edith and Edie. I had no idea how to pronounce it and thought it was some complicated gaelic name, like Aoife, or Siobhan!
   
   
2. You will spend your life having to correct the spelling, put up with everyone getting it wrong, and having to pronounce it for people, who will then look bewildered when they realise it is just Edith.
   
   Don't mess with spellings. Simplicity is always best. You will regret putting that superfluous 'i' in forever more, and a few years down the line you'll feel a bit silly about it.
   
   Seth also very nice BTW. I do think both of them will become increasing popular (if not common exactly) in the next few years though.

[FellatioNelson]

I don't think you can put Edith in the same camp as Ethel, Enid or Edna - they will always be grim!

[JulyOrAugustThatIsTheQuestion]

I'm not bothered about the annoyance factor for 'everyone' though, anyone she would know would know how its spelt, anyone that doesn't know her then I'm not bothered about. I accept the comments re her being annoyed by it though which are fair and I'll have to speak to DH about it. I do genuinly think there are names and spelling that are weirder though.

[woollyideas]

I'm with all the other people who think Eidith is just a pretentious daft way of spelling Edith. Why the need to be so 'unusual'? Edith is a lovely name, as is its shortened version (usually spelt Edy). Why saddle the poor child with a name that will constantly be misspelt and mispronounced just to be different? I mean, what IS the point?

[fivegomadindorset]

DD is Edith/Edie
Sorry your DD will forever have to explain the spelling if you do it differently, but if that is what you want then hey ho.

[MugglesandLuna]

The spelling doesnt make sense though 'ei' make an eye sounds, not an eee.

[ShoutyHamster]

Yes there are lots weirder out there - but the real point is that it looks a bit daft, a bit try-hard... everyone will have heard of Edith and so you'll have:

a. People who are introduced to her in person and assume she is Edith. Then there will always be the 'Oh I spell it with an extra 'i' conversation - she looks odd and affected.

b. People who first see it written down. They will think it's pronounced Eye-dith or something Gaelic. Then on explanation, 'Oh, Edith! Right, I see... Again, she looks odd and affected...

It's just because it's a perfectly nice normal name which looks deliberately messed around with, rather than a genuinely unusual name, iyswim?

[JulyOrAugustThatIsTheQuestion]

This is the first lot of comments I've received on the names as we've not told family as I don't think anyone will like them but they'll get used to them.

I really didn't think the spelling would be that much of an issue. As I said, its not made up, its in the books so assumed it would be fairly obvious, I just thought it looked prettier and less harsh. Going by all your comments, that's clearly not the case so perhaps needs a rethink.

I fully expect both names to get more popular in forthcoming years.........that's a chance with any name but I would really rather avoid them being 'big' this year or next :)

Lucas is definitely on the up too.....

[Viagrafalls]

Agree with everyone about the spelling - Edith is lovely but Eidith? I've spent my life spelling my first name and my surname and it's no fun at all, especially seeing as its an unusual spelling of a normal name and not an unusual name IYKWIM.

[AllChange2011]

Just my thoughts...
I now have an unusual surname and although I'm very proud to have taken my husband's family name it gets very annoying having to spell it our, correct people or put up with bizarre pronunciations! I also get called by my first name in situations where I would expect to be called Mrs... As people avoid my surname. I think it's a bit mean to set someone up for this when it can be avoided.
On a similar note my mum has always been known by her middle name which causes lots of problems!
I'm pretty old school on names though, I think people should stick to full versions spelt traditionally/in usual form

Edith & Seth are both lovely xx

[Lindax]

Have an Edith called Edi at work and love the name. Not keen on alternative spellings in general.

[NearlyHeadlessNigel]

Sorry it feels a bit like "piling in" but really do agree about the spelling of Edith. I didn't know how to pronounce it either and totally agree with Shouty Hamster who puts it brilliantly

Otherwise I do think they are too nice names that are exactly what you seem to want - classic and not common (in a there won't be 4 in a class way not the other C word that must never be used on MN way )

[maxybrown]

Eidith just sounds like you were "trying to be different" so when she's on the phone in her twenties to her gas company trying to sort it out, "can we take your name please" "yes it's Eidi" "sorry, Heidi?" "NO! Eidi................." and so on so it's not about beig bthered about wether strangers can spel it or not but it sounds blardy irritating to me as an adult. My Maiden name was Cumbes, pronounced Coombes, I was so glad when I got married! PLus my first name is a slight variant though I prefer my spelling and I do get asked now if it has the extra a!

[Ephiny]

I don't like the spelling of Edith either, sorry. People will mispronounce it - and while that's not necessarily a huge problem, and wouldn't put me off using an unusual but lovely name, I just don't see the need to take a nice classic name and give it a 'wacky' spelling for the sake of it.

Eidi is just weird and sounds like Heidi said by someone who drops their H's! What's wrong with Edie?

Or what about Eilidh, for a similar 'looking' name? Might seem a bit odd if you don't have Irish heritage though...

[chillistars]

We have 4 children called Seth in Reception and 3 in Year 1!