Thoughts on Edith?

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My dad and my MIL hate it and MIL says she would refuse to call our baby anything other than Edie. We wanted the nickname Edie anyway but is it really that bad!? My husband and I both like it a lot.

Our last name begins with W but having heard from other EW’s we understand it’s rare to actually get picked on for having those initials.

Virginia will almost certainly be the middle name no matter what first name we go with.

The other name we’re considering is Abigail and we’d probably exclusively call her Abby.

Edith is lovely, I recently taught one, and Edie is great as well. Abigail is a bit old hat now I think. Other old names I love are Nancy, Gloria, Agnes and Barbara!

I don’t mind Edith, one of my nana’s close friends was called Edie which I prefer. Love Abigail.

Edith is beautiful and much nicer than Edie

Ahhhh @sixtiesbaby88 i love Agnes! That was ds2’s girl name 🥰

I once told a colleague that and they said “good thing he was a boy then!” Bit rude I thought.

I had Lou Reed and Moe Tucker (cats not children 😂)

It’s not a name with a pleasing sound, but if you love it use it, Edie is more pleasant.
I definitely wouldn’t use Virginia, as a middle name, as it a sure fire way to ensure a teenage years of ridicule.

I love it. 😍

I think it is beautiful - classic and elegant. Why would EW be a problem? I'm obviously missing something!

It's lovely. Ignore them .

I think ewwwww (as in yuck) but it’s a stretch imo.

I think Edith is awful. It’s quite an ugly name.

I really dislike the name Edith although i know it's popular now. To my generation it just sounds a name for an unattractive older lady.
But it doesn't really matter what I and your in laws think. If you and your husband like ir use it

I know a teenage Edith. I admit I (privately) thought it was a surprising choice when she was born but it has really grown on me. She’s a pretty cool teenager and really suits her name.

Never ever tell family the name in advance, they think you are inviting their input and opinion and all you really wanted them to say was “how lovely”.

I have more than one friend who has name regrets for their child because their MIL put them off their original choice. I am absolutely determined that if my DC have children I will say “how lovely” to whatever they choose to name my future grandchildren.

Love it. I know one Edith (doesn’t go by Edie) and it suits her down to the ground. Her sister has an equally quaint ‘old lady’ name.

Edie is lovely but Edith is hideous. And of course, popular on MN.

I detest Edith. They are my grans friends (she is long dead and would be over 100 now) and I relate the name with old cantankerous women

I have an Edith - there are a couple of others in her (all girls secondary) school so it’s distinctive but not unusual. Did when she was small occasionally get comments about it being old fashioned, but just as many that love it. Obviously I love it, and mercifully she does too!

To your parents it probably seems uncool old fashioned in the way that Linda or Karen would now - middle aged rather than vintage.