Edith or Edie/Eadie?

[Moonshine160]

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?

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.

ELEGANT not elegantly - it’s a lovely name.

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

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

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

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

Eadie looks clunky.

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

It’s cute. Definitely Edie and not Eadie.

Edith nn Edie. Edith is a strong grown up name. Edie is cute as a nn but I wouldn't want it as my only name.

To me Edie sounds like ED so, although simple to spell etc it maybe misheard.
my iPhone defaults to Eddie, btw

Usually my preference is not to use diminutives as full names, but Edith is ghastly so would use Edie in preference to that. Eadie looks strange to me and you’d be swapping a small risk of pronunciation issues for a lifetime of spelling issues.

My grandfathers (lovely) sister was a lifelong Edie but officially Edith. Both great names so why not give her the "official" so then it's an easier choice if she wants to use it?

Eadie just looks odd and is more likely to be mispronounced than the very well known Edie, IMO.

I have an Edith that we shorten to Edie. I've only ever met one other one so it's not common, but it's also well known enough that no one has any problem with it. No one has ever pronounced Edie as Eddie.

Edina shortened to Edie? Google the bolter, she's a fascinating character.....

Edith or Eden on BC. I know an Eadie but I think it’s actually less intuitive than Edie.

I would go Edith rather than Edie on the birth certificate, but I'd probably go Edina as already suggested or Edna, Edera, or Edesia.

I woudn't do Eadith - I wouldn't recommend the Old English spelling, but I also wouldn't do half Old English, half modern when there are other, better Old English names that could be used.

Edith - lovely name- then Edie for short.

Eadie is just weird.

Edie is fine on it’s own, Edith sounds completely different, and it might not even get shortened to Edie by her peers.

I don’t think anyone will have trouble pronouncing it, it’s very popular where I live, and I’ve not known anyone to mispronounce it

I would use Edith or Eden with Edie as a shortening. I don't think people would pronounce it as Eddie - Edi might be confusing, but not Edie.

I love Edith and probably Edie for short. It’s my girl name should I ever get pregnant again and it be a girl

I would ignore your friend. I think that's a terrible way to spell the name.
If some one things Edie is Eddie then they probably wouldn't know how to pronounce Eadie at all!

Edie does look like Ed-ee.

Eadee looks like Ee-dee

Just like Edith looks like Ed-ith, or Eden like Ed-en. @pinklavenders ?

Edith with the short form Edie. Eadie is all kinds of wrong.

Edith shortened to Edie is a lovely name.