Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie.
It was a common first name prior to the 16th century, when it fell out of favour.
It has been among the top hundred most popular names for newborn girls in England and Wales since 2017.
It was ranked as the 513th most popular name for American newborn girls in 2022, according to the Social Security online database.
[4] The name Edith has five name days: May 14 in Estonia, January 13 in the Czech Republic, October 31 in Sweden, July 5 in Latvia, and September 16 in France, Hungary, Poland and Lithuania.