Feminine Given Names in DES: Edith

Feminine Given Names in
A Dictionary of English Surnames

Edith

Talan Gwynek, Fause Losenge Herald Extraordinary
(Brian M. Scott, scott@math.csuohio.edu)
© 1994 by Brian M. Scott; all rights reserved.


Edith < OE Éadgýð. Eda is a hyp., and Edekin is a dim. thereof. (OE Eadu is attested c. 800, presumably< some name in Éad-.) Edon and sim. forms in DECN are prob. < masc. OE Éadhún. Edgidia is anunusual Latinization. [Edith, Ead, Edds, Edkins]
Ædiða 1177 (S)
Æditha 1180 (S)
Eded 1209(S)
Edgidia 1130 (S)
Edhida 1275 (S)
Edid 1186-88 (S); 1260 Ostler
Edihe (g.) 1188 Edith
Edit c.1152-63,1186-88 (S); 1200 Edis; 1204 (S)
Edith 1207 Stebbens; 1221 Hampton; 1226 Shropshire; 1257 Moreland;1274 Sevier; 1275 Austen; 1279 Panner; 1297 Parnall; 1300 Firth; 1327 Market; 1332 Hutchin; 1338 Thickett
Editha a.1155, 1197 (S); 1200 Edis; 1203, 1228, 1242, 1287, 1289 (S); 1297 Chilton; 1311 (S); 1327 Halliwell; 1346 (W)
Edyth 1332 (S)
Edyth* 1279 Edith
Edytha 1327 Strode
Edithe 1284 (W)
Edithe(g.) 1210 Edith
 
Eda 1154-89, 1194 Ead; 1227 (S: Léofsige); 1250 (S); 1255, 1273(W); 1327 (S: Æðelgifu)
Edda 1379 Edds
Edde 1273 (W)
Edekin 1279 Edkins


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