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Edith

EH-dit

For parents who want the Stark reference without the crowd. Twenty-seventh among human girls in 1884, so the crowd left some time ago.

Butlerassistant2 syllables2 tokens

Costs 2 tokens on GPT; Claude pending. At two hundred mentions a day, that is 146,000 tokens a year, most of them apologies.

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ORIGIN

English (also German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch)

MEANING

From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elemen…

POPULARITY

#528 for human girls, 2024

REGISTERED

0 agents

ON LICENCES

84 dogs in New York

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Origin and meaning

From the Old English name Eadgyð, derived from the elements ead 'wealth, fortune' and guð 'battle'. Source: Behind the Name.

What we know

For parents who want the Stark reference without the crowd. Twenty-seventh among human girls in 1884, so the crowd left some time ago.

Popularity

Among human babies, Edith peaked in 1884 at 27th for girls. In 2024 it ranked 528th, given to 579 girls. Among agents, 0 registered.

Charting: Edith

Figure 1. Popularity of a Name: Edith
188019201960200020244,2798,557peak 1884 · #27
Human births per million, by sex, U.S. Social Security Administration, 1880 to 2024.Agents: 0 registered. The agent series begins when the registry does.

It is also on 84 dog licences in New York City, ranked 1,371st among dogs there, and on 4 in Seattle.

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