Edith or Edie/Eadie?

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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?

What did you go for

I'd pronounce Ed as Ed and Edie as Ed-ie.

Eadie would make the pronunciation clear.

Noone should confuse Edie with Eddie?

Personally I'd go with Edie. Edith is quite harsh.

Most people know how to pronounce Edith so I can't see Edie being too confusing.

Edith with Edie as the shortening is beautiful. Eadie just looks a little misspelt.

Noone should confuse Edie with Eddie?

But lots of words beginning with Ed are pronounced as Ed rather than Eed:

Edit
Edinburgh
education,
educate,
edit,
edition,
editing,
edible,
edge,
edits,
edges,
edict,
edifice,
editor,

So seeing Edie makes many assume

Ed-ie rather than Ead-ie

I have an Edie; she's 17

Believe me, more than half the people she encounters who see her name written down before they hear it spoken, call her Eddie.

And for those who hear it before they see it written, they tend write it as Eddie.

Half of the remaining people, including family members, think she's called Evie.

This has been going on for years. It's very frustrating, not something I foresaw at all when I picked it. Be warned.

I have a coworker named Edith and we call her Edie. The only problem we have is we're in a hospital and when her name comes up we have to distinguish between her and the ED dept.

I say Edith legal and nick Edie. I don't think you need to spell it Eadie.

Or you might go with Eden, and she could still be Edie as a nick.