The name of a 10th C wife of a Holy Roman Emperor, an 11th C English queen, and a very popular 10th C English saint.
One of the few Old English feminine names to remain not only in use, but in common use, after the Anglo-Norman conquest.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1185x1186 Ædithe (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 192;
1189 Edeta (nom) GASurv p. 202,
Edit (nom) ibid. p. 137,
Editha (nom) ibid. p. 119,
Edithe (gen) ibid. p. 169;
1222 Editha (nom) StPaulDom p. 10;
1240 Editha (nom) ibid. p. 119;
1256 Editham (acc) EARNb p. 3,
Edithæ (dat) ibid. p. 4;
1279–80 Editha (nom) WaHR-SK p. 33,
Edytha (nom) ibid. p. 33;
1340xc1450 Editha (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 1;
1558 Editha (nom) StMartF p. 59;
1561 Editha (nom) ibid. p. 60
- ◑ 1279–80 Ede (gen) WaHR-SK p. 81;
1379 Eden (nom) WRYPT1 p. 8
- Early Modern English
- ● 1540 Edethe BEmar-vol1 p. 2;
1548 Edethe ibid. p. 3;
1548/9 Edith ExMar 1b;
1549 Edithe BEmar-vol1 p. 3;
1550 Edyth WAmar-1 p. 108;
1551 Edith DEmar-vol1 p. 79;
1552 Edith ibid. p. 80,
Edithe BEmar-vol1 p. 4;
1554 Edith bruton1 p. 2;
1555 Edith ibid. p. 27;
1556 Edith ibid. p. 27;
1558 Edith ibid. p. 3,
Edithe BEmar-vol1 p. 6;
1559 Edith bruton1 p. 30;
1561 Edith ibid. p. 31;
1562 Edith ibid. p. 32;
1563 Edith ibid. p. 33,
Edithe BEmar-vol2 p. 29;
1564 Edith bruton1 p. 4;
1566 Edith ibid. p. 35;
1567 Edith ibid. p. 112;
1568 Edith ibid. p. 37;
1569 Edith BUmar-vol9 p. 5;
1569/70 Edith bruton1 p. 113;
1569 Edith ibid. p. 38;
1570 Edith ibid. p. 113;
1571 Edith ibid. p. 39;
1572 Edith ibid. p. 40;
1573 Edith ibid. p. 6;
1574/5 Edith ibid. p. 114;
1574 Edith ibid. p. 41;
1575 Edith ibid. p. 7;
1576 Edith RegBath p. 3,
bruton1 p. 43,
Eedith ibid. p. 115;
1577 Edith WAmar-1 p. 16;
1578 Edith bruton1 p. 43;
1579 Edith ibid. p. 7;
1580 Edith ibid. p. 7;
1580/1 Edyth BEmar-vol1 p. 10;
1581 Edyth ibid. p. 10;
1582 Edeth BEmar-vol2 p. 130;
1584 Edith DEmar-vol1 p. 85;
1585 Edith HAmar-vol9 p. 79,
Edithe RegBath p. 7;
1586 Edith ibid. p. 7;
1586/7 Edith bruton1 p. 116;
1587 Edith ibid. p. 47;
1588 Edith ibid. p. 118;
1589/90 Edith RegBath p. 8;
1589 Edith bruton1 p. 9;
1590 Edith ibid. p. 120;
1591 Edith ibid. p. 120;
1592 Edith ibid. p. 51;
1593 Edith ibid. p. 52;
1594 Edith DEmar-vol2 p. 28,
bruton1 p. 10,
Eedeth RegBisham p. 30;
1595 Edith bruton1 p. 54;
1596 Edith ibid. p. 11;
1597/8 Edith BEmar-vol2 p. 4;
1597 Edith bruton1 p. 124;
1597/8 Edith ibid. p. 125;
1598 Edith ibid. p. 125;
1599 Edith ibid. p. 57
- ◑ 1542 Ede StAnthonlin p. 3;
1581 Eddye BEmar-vol1 p. 10;
1585 Ydye BEmar-vol2 p. 69;
1586 Eden SaxhamSf p. 40,
Eedy RegSoAMar p. 13;
1587 Eden SaxhamSf p. 4;
1596 Yeede DEmar-vol2 P. 34;
1597 Edeny SaxhamSf p. 5,
Yedye WAmar-1 p. 132
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 937 Eadgide (gen) HambUrk-vol1 XXXII
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1124 Eadiue (gen) ESC L
Cite as: A. Brown, S.L. Uckelman. "Edith". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Edith.