Meaning of the nameEdith

Edith is a feminine name of Germanic origin, from Old English Eadgyð, formed from elements meaning 'wealth' and 'battle'; in Portuguese the form is Edite.

Meaning

“wealth and battle”

Source: Wiktionary: Edith · Behind the Name: Edith

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People (2022): 7,394
Rank in Brazil: #2,096
Median age: 72 years
2010 Census: 8,017; people

Edith in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Edith, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born before 1940 (1,798 people).

7,355 women 39 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Edith is most common

States with the highest share of people named Edith in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,571	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	1,014	0.006%
Minas Gerais	969	0.005%
Rio Grande do Sul	738	0.007%
Paraná	496	0.004%
Santa Catarina	490	0.006%
Espírito Santo	310	0.008%
Bahia	279	0.002%
Goiás	234	0.003%
Pará	183	0.002%
Amazonas	178	0.005%
Pernambuco	135	0.002%
Mato Grosso	123	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	112	0.004%
Ceará	83	0.001%
Distrito Federal	82	0.003%
Maranhão	75	0.001%
Paraíba	68	0.002%
Rondônia	47	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	37	0.001%
Tocantins	37	0.002%
Piauí	34	0.001%
Alagoas	33	0.001%
Roraima	20	0.003%
Amapá	17	0.002%
Sergipe	16	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Edith

Behind the Name explains Edith as Eadgyð, from Old English, from ead, 'wealth' or 'fortune', and guð, 'battle'. Wiktionary traces the same name back to Proto-Germanic, with the elements 'wealth' and 'battle', and records Edite as the Portuguese equivalent. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil also lists Edite as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,394 people named Edith, with a median age of 72.

Sources

Wiktionary: Edith · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Edith · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Edith · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Edith

What does the name Edith mean?

Edith means “wealth and battle”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Edith in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,394 people with the first name Edith, which ranks it number 2,096 among the country's names. The largest group was born before 1940.

Is Edith a boy's or a girl's name?

Edith is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,355 women and 39 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Edith?

Edith is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Edith most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.008% of the state's population is named Edith (310 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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