Edith?

[rachels103]

Shortened to Edie...is it lovely or old lady-ish? I can't decide. Dh loves it but I have an ancient auntie Edie (distant enough not to be a problem either way) and I think it might be putting me off

Elsie is better than Edith or Enid IMO

really don't like Edie or Edith. Or Elsie, come to think of it.

Love it. Extremely cool.

Would've been a contender for dds but dh is Edward & ds Edmund...

Love Edie, not so sure about Edith. I can understand why you might want to have the longer name on Birth Certificate though, so go for it if you don't mind Edith.

Edith is my middle name and I grew up hating it and found it incredibly embarrassing. However, times have changed and it is now quite fashionable again.

it's a good name. its not old ladyish

larvely

Edie isn't too bad. Edith could be revived I guess. I'm not too sure.

It's a little to close to Ethel maybe.

I imagine an Edith to be a 'thoroughly good sort' in a Mallory Towers book.

Too old lady for me.

It's such a lovely name , and contrary to received MN wisdom, is not that popular.

I know one and know of another under about 30 (apart from the Radio 1 DJ).

And I know a lot of children.