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Girls Named Edith
This chart illustrates how many Girls were named Edith in the U.S. since 1880.
Records indicate that at least 261,301 girls have been named Edith since 1880 in the United States.
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User Comments about the name Edith
Comment left Jun 03, 2008: "Despite Edith Bowman's popularity on Radio 1 in Britain at the present time (and no offense to Ms Bowman), but it's impossible to escape the memories of those other Ediths who made enormous impact many years ago but unfortunately made this name sound somewhat old for a modern child, and even though Dame Edith Evans was a great British actress until she died in 1976 aged 88. As along as Allo Allo the UK television sitcom is repeated in Britain (and All In The Family in the U.S.), it seems likely the name will retain some old ladyish associations for years to come. J.R.R. Tolkien's wife, of course, was an Edith, and Frau Otto Frank, mother of Fraeulein Anne Frank, was an Edith too. It seems that there are one too many famous Ediths - in England and in America too (think Edith Wharton, author of 'The Age Of Innocence') - were born between 1860 and 1920, and there was also an infamous Edith - English murderess Edith Thompson, who was hanged in 1923 for her part in her husband's killing, also by her younger lover." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left May 03, 2008: "In Britain this has both positive and negative associations - the positive side of the name is Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman (born 1975), and I find her really funny, and the negative side is the fictional Edith Artois in the overrated UK sitcom Allo Allo (aired 1982-1992), set in wartime France, where Mme Artois' husband Rene (pronounced 'rennay') is the owner of the cafe, featuring Mlle Yvette Cartier-Blanche, waitress of the cafe, and the English Officer Crabtree, a regular in the cafe who says "Good Moaning" instead of "Good Morning"." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Apr 29, 2008: "My name is Edith. I was born in 81 so it's not common at all. I LOVE my name but only if it's pronounced correclty. It's pronounced Editte (as in Edith Piaf... you know, how the French pronounce it). I get compliments on it all the time and it is a beautiful name when pronounced correctly. I would name my daughter Editte except it would be very weird." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Feb 05, 2008: "Was the sixth most popular name for girls born in the United States in the 1870s, after which it was adopted more modestly in the 1900s-1920s, before fading generally from the 1930s. To many Americans today this name still conjures up Mrs Bunker in All In The Family. Some British parents are beginning to pick up this name again, but everyone else in Britain still thinks this is more Edith Artois in Allo Allo or Edith Piaf (or even Dame Edith Evans) than Edith Bowman, born in 1975. Personally, I wouldn't name my daughter Edith as I still think it's mainly for a much older person than myself." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 21, 2008: "Also borne by Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, wife of one past U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, and by Edith Bolling Gant Wilson, wife of another one-time U.S. president Woodrow Wilson - not to mention Archie Bunker's wife Edith in the U.S. sitcom All In The Family (America's answer to the British sitcom Till Death Us Do Part)." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 17, 2008: "Edith Bowman rules...but then again Edith Wharton and Edith Piaf still rule from beyond the grave. We cannot also forget Mme Artois in the British sitcom Allo Allo, whose first name is Edith." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Feb 11, 2007: "While people today associate this name with the Scottish-born radio and television personality Edith Bowman who presents her own radio show every weekday on Radio 1, in the past it was often associated with the American writer Edith Wharton, who in 1920 wrote 'The Age Of Innocence'. Edith Wharton is still sometimes talked about today, at least by some people born in her sort of era." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Jan 06, 2007: "British radio DJ and television presenter Edith Bowman, originally from Scotland, presents her own radio show every weekday afternoon on Radio 1. Until recently she presented it with Colin Murray, but she has now gone solo." (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Dec 08, 2006: "Normally I'd think of this name as an old lady's name, but a well-known Edith today is the Scottish-born radio DJ and TV presenter Edith Bowman, born in 1975, although I will never forget the Ediths of yester-year including E. Nesbit who wrote "The Railway Children", Edith Wharton, Edith Cavell, Dame Edith Evans, Dame Edith Sitwell, the fictional Edith Artois in the UK sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, or the singer Edith Piaf who sang "Non, je ne regrette rien"" (Report as inappropriate)
Comment left Mar 15, 2006: "Edith is a name associated with old ladies.It may be a grandmother name,but it's not hideous like Bertha and Gertrude." (Report as inappropriate)
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