Edyth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-dith
- Origin
- Old English
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Edyth is a girls' name of Old English origin, meaning “prosperous in war”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Edyth mean?
Old English: spelling of Edith, from Old English Eadgyth
“prosperous in war”
Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor, was queen of England in the 11th century.
Is Edyth a girl's or a boy's name?
Edyth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Edyth in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 girls.
Edyth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
How popular is Edyth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Edyth, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 76 girls.
Half of all the girls named Edyth in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1938, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 600 girls in the US were given Edyth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #512, up from #14,937 for this spelling alone.
- Edith 595
- Edyth 5
Edyth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,866 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 24 | #1,610 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,493 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,385 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,603 |
| 1933 | 20 | #1,723 |
| 1932 | 35 | #1,213 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,175 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,251 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,446 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 47 | #1,108 |
| 1926 | 49 | #1,069 |
| 1925 | 56 | #996 |
| 1924 | 60 | #985 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,005 |
| 1922 | 74 | #852 |
| 1921 | 68 | #892 |
| 1920 | 76 | #825 |
| 1919 | 60 | #909 |
| 1918 | 76 | #821 |
| 1917 | 66 | #841 |
| 1916 | 55 | #915 |
| 1915 | 59 | #850 |
| 1914 | 44 | #878 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 20 | #982 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 22 | #868 |
| 1908 | 20 | #882 |
| 1907 | 19 | #871 |
| 1906 | 27 | #707 |
| 1905 | 24 | #734 |
| 1904 | 19 | #837 |
| 1903 | 20 | #760 |
| 1902 | 24 | #688 |
| 1901 | 18 | #771 |
| 1900 | 17 | #917 |
| 1899 | 22 | #664 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 19 | #715 |
| 1896 | 19 | #728 |
| 1895 | 18 | #746 |
| 1894 | 25 | #586 |
| 1893 | 14 | #794 |
| 1892 | 19 | #666 |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 15 | #663 |
| 1887 | 14 | #608 |
| 1886 | 11 | #693 |
| 1885 | 13 | #608 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 6 | #738 |
Nicknames for Edyth
- Edie 345 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Edyth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Edith Elsie Etta Lottie Florence Nellie Effie Rosie Mabel Ada Olive Eva
Other spellings of Edyth
Names related to Edyth
More Old English names
Alfie Edward Teddy Waylon Alfred Audrey Wilfred Ozzy Edie Eddie Edwin Ted Teddie Eduardo Edgar Alden
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Edyth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/edyth, updated 20 October 2026.