Girl's name Edith

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What do people think of Edith for a girl? Chose a boy's name ages ago and really cannot think of a girl's name. Edith came to us last night it was my DH grandmother's name. Like the shortened version Edie. What do you think?

Don't mind one or two. That would bring it firmly into 21st century, like the Harrys and Alfies. Don't think it will go to the top of the popularity list though.

Our DD is Edith, we use long when naughty or we want to get her to listen and Edie most of the time.

Edit (pronounced as in to "edit" a book) is popular here. My cleaner is Edit.

Edith sounds softer but am not sure I like it. I do like Edie though.

I know one Edith, who is 15. Her older siblings are Tom, Alice and Mary - like a Victorian family!

They are lovely kids.

Ds had a school mate called Edith, but pronounced 'Edit' as they were Italian family

Hatrick- not sure about the fact that 4 of your friends have chosen the name. Where do you live? Thinking it may be more popular in Scotland..

I like the name.

Don't like Edith at all.

My nan was an Edith (Edie to her closest) and she specifically told my mum not to name me after her because it was an old fashioned name! So I got to be Jackie, which was modern then but really dates me now. Go for it if you like it.

i love it.

Oh god, Edith is my middle name, and i despised it growing up, felt like a weirdo! but funny how all the old names are coming back, and now i have past it onto dd, she is Lilly Edith.

It's a beautiful name.

I think quite a lot of these old-fashioned names, if you just listen to the sound of them, are really lovely.

past ??? (oh god) i mean passed

cmy dd is edith, obviously love it!

One of my best friends is an Edith but because she's Mexican it's pronounced 'Edit'.

Lovely name however pronounced IMO!

I really like it (but not Edie).

Ah yes I luuurrrve the name Edith!

No, not many in the class, like, none, I would imagine. Also nice with more common surname (Edith Smith better than Hannah Smith for example)

Surprised at all these Ediths coming out of the closet. We have met only a handful (like, 3?) including one who had sisters Mabel, Florence and Constance, all of which I love!

I love it, in fact i love all the old fashioned names. I keep naming the bunnies all my favourites as dh does not like them! So far i have a Florence (Flo) Jemimah, Mabel and Violet!!

My grandmother was an Edith Grace, and her next door neighbour was a Constance. Not sure whether I like it or not (although obviously has good associations for me). But I think it would be a good name to use with a common surname, as it's not too common (round here anyway, I don't know any) but not silly or embarrassing.

I think it's a really lovely name.

It was my great grandmother's name (born around 1884). I never got to meet her but many have said she was kind hearted and hard working. She was often called Edie. I would use it myself if DC3 becomes DD3 but I have an Emily who is called Emi more often than not so it might get a bit confusing.

My sister's DD is Evie (Evelyn) named after her grandmother and that name relatively common but I don't know of any young ediths. There are none at my girls' huge nursery so I suppose quite unusual down here in the SW.

Love it, desperately wanted it for the incubating bump but husband doesn't like it. He comes from one of those crappy seaside towns that people retire to and become really crotchety so associates it with old biddies who mow down shoppers on their mobility scooters and bitch about all the "brown folk" in Britain these days.

I think its lovely too.