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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Edith_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Edith (disambiguation)">Edith (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Edith</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Female</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ADD8E6">Origin</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Word/name</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Meaning</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Prosperity" title="Prosperity">Prosperity</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Wealth" title="Wealth">wealth</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strife" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:strife">strife</a></i>.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#ADD8E6">Other names</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Related names</th><td class="infobox-data">Ditte, Edie, Edythe</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edith</b> is a feminine <a href="/wiki/Given_name" title="Given name">given name</a> derived from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> word <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">ēad</i></span>, meaning <i><a href="/wiki/Wealth" title="Wealth">wealth</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Prosperity" title="Prosperity">prosperity</a></i>, in combination with the Old English <span title="Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text"><i lang="ang">gȳð</i></span>, meaning <i><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/strife" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:strife">strife</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is in common usage in this form in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, many <a href="/wiki/Scandinavian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Scandinavian language">Scandinavian</a> languages and <a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>. Its French form is <b>Édith</b>. Contractions and variations of this name include Ditte, Dita, and Edie. </p><p>It was a common first name prior to the 16th century, when it fell out of favour. It became popular again at the beginning of the 19th century and has remained in steady use. It has been among the top hundred most popular names for newborn girls in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> since 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> since 1880 and was among the top 50 names for American girls between 1880 and 1927, the height of its popularity. It was ranked as the 513th most popular name for American newborn girls in 2022, according to the Social Security online database.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was the 518th most popular name for newborn girls in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> in 2021, with 55 uses that year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name Edith has five <a href="/wiki/Name_day" title="Name day">name days</a>: May 14 in <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, January 13 in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>, October 31 in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, July 5 in <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, and September 16 in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Edith">Edith</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edith_of_Polesworth" title="Edith of Polesworth">Edith of Polesworth</a> (died c. 960), abbess</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_of_Wessex" title="Edith of Wessex">Edith of Wessex</a> (1025–1075), Queen of England</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_of_Wilton" title="Edith of Wilton">Edith of Wilton</a> (961–984), English nun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_the_Fair" title="Edith the Fair">Edith the Fair</a> (1025–1086), first wife or mistress of King Harold II of England</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Abbott" title="Edith Abbott">Edith Abbott</a> (1876–1957), American economist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Aitken" title="Edith Aitken">Edith Aitken</a> (1861–1940), British headmistress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Vosburgh_Alvord" title="Edith Vosburgh Alvord">Edith Vosburgh Alvord</a> (1875–1962), American suffragist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Archibald" title="Edith Archibald">Edith Archibald</a> (1854–1936), Canadian suffragist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Baird" title="Edith Baird">Edith Baird</a> (1859–1924), American chess composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Bideau" title="Edith Bideau">Edith Bideau</a> (1888–1958), American soprano, music educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_von_Bonsdorff" title="Edith von Bonsdorff">Edith von Bonsdorff</a>, (1890–1968) Danish-Finnish ballerina and choreographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Bouvier_Beale" title="Edith Bouvier Beale">Edith Bouvier Beale</a> (1917–2002), American socialite and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Ewing_Bouvier_Beale" title="Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale">Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale</a> (1895–1977), American socialite and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Bosch" title="Edith Bosch">Edith Bosch</a> (born 1980), Dutch judoka</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Bowman" title="Edith Bowman">Edith Bowman</a> (born 1974), British television and radio presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Cavell" title="Edith Cavell">Edith Cavell</a> (1865–1915), British nurse</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Mellado_C%C3%A9spedes" title="Edith Mellado Céspedes">Edith Mellado Céspedes</a> (b. 1938), Peruvian politician and educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Brown_Clement" title="Edith Brown Clement">Edith Brown Clement</a> (born 1948), American judge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Clements" title="Edith Clements">Edith Clements</a> (1874–1971), American botanist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Cowan" title="Edith Cowan">Edith Cowan</a> (1861–1932), Australian politician and member of parliament</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Cresson" title="Édith Cresson">Édith Cresson</a> (born 1934), French politician and prime minister</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Dimock" title="Edith Dimock">Edith Dimock</a> (1876–1955), American painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Durham" title="Edith Durham">Edith Durham</a> (1863–1944), British writer and anthropologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Eaton" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Eaton">Edith Eaton</a> (1865–1914), Canadian writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Efron" title="Edith Efron">Edith Efron</a> (1922–2001), American journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Ellis" title="Edith Ellis">Edith Ellis</a> (1861–1916), British writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Evans" title="Edith Evans">Edith Evans</a> (1888–1976), British actress</li> <li>Edith Falco (born 1963), better known as <a href="/wiki/Edie_Falco" title="Edie Falco">Edie Falco</a>, American actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Fisch" title="Edith Fisch">Edith Fisch</a> (1923–2006), American jurist and legal scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Flagg" title="Edith Flagg">Edith Flagg</a> (1919–2014), American fashion designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_M._Flanigen" title="Edith M. Flanigen">Edith M. Flanigen</a> (born 1929), American chemist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Willis_Linn_Forbes" title="Edith Willis Linn Forbes">Edith Willis Linn Forbes</a> (1865–1945), American poet and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Frank" title="Edith Frank">Edith Frank</a> (1900–1945), German mother of diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Edith González">Edith González</a> (1964–2019), Mexican actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Green" title="Edith Green">Edith Green</a> (1910–1987), American politician and congresswoman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Julia_Griswold" title="Edith Julia Griswold">Edith Julia Griswold</a> (1863-1926), American lawyer and patent expert</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Grossman" title="Edith Grossman">Edith Grossman</a> (1936-2023), American literary translator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Hacon" title="Edith Hacon">Edith Hacon</a> (1875–1952), Scottish suffragist from <a href="/wiki/Dornoch" title="Dornoch">Dornoch</a>, a <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War One</a> nursing volunteer, as well as an international socialite</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Halpert" title="Edith Halpert">Edith Halpert</a> (1900–1970), American art dealer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Hamilton" title="Edith Hamilton">Edith Hamilton</a> (1867–1963) American classicist and educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Hancox" title="Edith Hancox">Edith Hancox</a> (1874–1954), British-born Canadian socialist feminist and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Head" title="Edith Head">Edith Head</a> (1897–1981), American costume designer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Heath" title="Edith Heath">Edith Heath</a> (1911–2005), American studio potter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Henderson" title="Edith Henderson">Edith Henderson</a> (1911–2005), American landscape architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Heraud" title="Edith Heraud">Edith Heraud</a> (died 1899), English actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Hermansen" title="Edith Hermansen">Edith Hermansen</a> (1907–1988), Danish film actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Holden" title="Edith Holden">Edith Holden</a> (1871–1920), British artist and teacher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Howes" title="Edith Howes">Edith Howes</a> (1872–1954), New Zealand writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Jacobson" title="Edith Jacobson">Edith Jacobson</a> (1897–1978), German psychoanalyst</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Jones" title="Edith Jones">Edith Jones</a> (born 1949), American judge</li> <li>Edith Katiji, known professionally as <a href="/wiki/Edith_WeUtonga" title="Edith WeUtonga">Edith WeUtonga</a>, (born 1979), Zimbabwean musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Kellnhauser" title="Edith Kellnhauser">Edith Kellnhauser</a> (1933–2019), nursing scientist, educator, and writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Balfour_Lyttelton" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Balfour Lyttelton">Edith Balfour Lyttelton</a> (1865–1948), British novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Hyde_Robbins_Macartney" title="Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney">Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney</a> (1895–1978), first "Miss America"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Massey_(actress)" title="Edith Massey (actress)">Edith Massey</a> (1918–1984), American actress and singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Master" title="Edith Master">Edith Master</a> (1932–2013), American equestrian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Mathis" title="Edith Mathis">Edith Mathis</a> (born 1938), Swiss soprano</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_May_(poet)" title="Edith May (poet)">Edith May</a> (pseudonym of Anne Drinker; 1827–1903), American poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_McAlinden" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith McAlinden">Edith McAlinden</a> (born 1968), Scottish murderer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Kawelohea_McKinzie" title="Edith Kawelohea McKinzie">Edith Kawelohea McKinzie</a> (1925–2014), Hawaiian author, genealogist, and traditional hula expert.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Maryon" title="Edith Maryon">Edith Maryon</a> (1872–1924), English sculptor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Morley" title="Edith Morley">Edith Morley</a> (1875–1964), British literary scholar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Nesbit" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Nesbit">Edith Nesbit</a> (1858–1924), British writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Northman" title="Edith Northman">Edith Northman</a> (1893–1956), American architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Olivier" title="Edith Olivier">Edith Olivier</a> (1872–1948), British writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_MacQueen" title="Edith MacQueen">Edith MacQueen</a> (1900–1977), Scottish historian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Pargeter" title="Edith Pargeter">Edith Pargeter</a> (1913-1995), British writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Marion_Patch" title="Edith Marion Patch">Edith Marion Patch</a> (1876–1954), American entomologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Pechey" title="Edith Pechey">Edith Pechey</a> (1845–1908), British doctor and suffragette</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Penrose" title="Edith Penrose">Edith Penrose</a> (1914–1996), British economist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Philips" title="Edith Philips">Edith Philips</a>, American writer and educator</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Pitt" title="Edith Pitt">Edith Pitt</a> (1906–1966), British politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Quimby" title="Edith Quimby">Edith Quimby</a> (1891–1982), American medical researcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Ramirez" title="Edith Ramirez">Edith Ramirez</a> (born 1967), American lawyer and chair of the Federal Trade Commission</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Roosevelt" title="Edith Roosevelt">Edith Roosevelt</a> (1861–1948), American first lady and wife of Theodore Roosevelt</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_S._Sampson" title="Edith S. Sampson">Edith S. Sampson</a> (1898–1979), American judge and diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Schippers" title="Edith Schippers">Edith Schippers</a> (born 1964), Dutch politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edie_Sedgwick" title="Edie Sedgwick">Edie Sedgwick</a> (1943–1971), born Edith Minturn Sedgwick, American model and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Sitwell" title="Edith Sitwell">Edith Sitwell</a> (1887–1964), British poet and critic</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_S%C3%B6dergran" title="Edith Södergran">Edith Södergran</a> (1892–1923), Finnish poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Somerville" title="Edith Somerville">Edith Somerville</a> (1858–1949), Irish novelist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Stein" title="Edith Stein">Edith Stein</a> (1891–1942), German philosopher and nun</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Summerskill" title="Edith Summerskill">Edith Summerskill</a> (1901–1980), British politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Sutton" title="Edith Sutton">Edith Sutton</a> (1862–1957), first woman councillor in England, Mayor of Reading and suffragist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Thompson_and_Frederick_Bywaters" title="Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters">Edith Thompson</a> (1893–1923), English murderer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Thompson_(historian)" title="Edith Thompson (historian)">Edith Thompson (historian)</a>, historian and lexicographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Unnerstad" title="Edith Unnerstad">Edith Unnerstad</a> (1900–1982), Swedish author</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Wall" title="Edith Wall">Edith Wall</a> (1904–2012), New Zealand/Australian artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Wharton" title="Edith Wharton">Edith Wharton</a> (1862–1937), American writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Wilson" title="Edith Wilson">Edith Wilson</a> (1872–1961), American first lady and wife of Woodrow Wilson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Windsor" title="Edith Windsor">Edith Windsor</a> (1929–2017), LGBTQ+ Rights Advocate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Woodhouse" title="Edith Woodhouse">Edith Woodhouse</a> (c. 1860 -1918), Scottish-born New Zealand artist</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Édith"><span id=".C3.89dith"></span>Édith</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Audibert" title="Édith Audibert">Édith Audibert</a> (born 1948), French politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Cresson" title="Édith Cresson">Édith Cresson</a> (born 1934), French politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Girard" title="Édith Girard">Édith Girard</a> (1949–2014), French architect</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Piaf" title="Édith Piaf">Édith Piaf</a> (1915–1963), French singer-songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Scob" title="Édith Scob">Édith Scob</a> (1937–2019), French film and theatre actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dith_Thomas" title="Édith Thomas">Édith Thomas</a> (1909–1970), French novelist, archivist, historian and journalist</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fictional_characters">Fictional characters</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Artois" class="mw-redirect" title="Edith Artois">Edith Artois</a>, fictional character in the British television series '<i>Allo 'Allo!</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Bunker" title="Edith Bunker">Edith Bunker</a>, a character in the 1970s sitcom <i>All in the Family</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Downton_Abbey_characters#Lady_Edith_Crawley" title="List of Downton Abbey characters">Lady Edith Crawley</a>, fictional character in the British television series <i>Downton Abbey</i></li> <li>Edith Gru, a character in the <i><a href="/wiki/Despicable_Me" title="Despicable Me">Despicable Me</a></i> franchise</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_As_the_World_Turns_characters#H" title="List of As the World Turns characters">Edith Hughes</a>, fictional character in the American television series <i>As The World Turns</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edith_Prickley" title="Edith Prickley">Edith Prickley</a>, fictional character portrayed by Andrea Martin on the Canadian television series <i>SCTV</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Suits_characters#Edith_Ross" title="List of Suits characters">Edith Ross</a>, fictional character in the American television series <i>Suits</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translations">Translations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: Edita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edita" title="Edita">Edita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finnish_language" title="Finnish language">Finnish</a>: Eedit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: Edith/Edyth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_language" title="Hawaiian language">Hawaiian</a>: Ekika</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: Idit/ עידית</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>: Edit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>: Editta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: Edisu/エディス</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latvian_language" title="Latvian language">Latvian</a>: Edīte</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_language" title="Lithuanian language">Lithuanian</a>: Edita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <a href="/wiki/Edyta_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Edyta (disambiguation)">Edyta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: Edith/Edite</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: Edita/Едита</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a>: Edita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: Edit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_language" title="Swedish language">Swedish</a>: Edith/Edit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tongan_language" title="Tongan language">Tongan</a>: Iteti</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eadgyth_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Eadgyth (disambiguation)">Eadgyth (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ealdgyth" title="Ealdgyth">Ealdgyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edythe" title="Edythe">Edythe</a> (disambiguation)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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