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Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English word ēad, meaning wealth or prosperity, in combination with the Old English gȳð, meaning strife, and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. 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 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 England and Wales since 2017. It has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States 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. It was the 518th most popular name for newborn girls in Canada in 2021, with 55 uses that year. 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. Edith Édith Fictional characters Edith Gru, a character in the Despicable Me franchise Translations See also Eadgyth (disambiguation) Ealdgyth Edythe (disambiguation) References Behind The Name Etymology Online United States Social Security Database. Discover the Edith Wells popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Edith Wells books.

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  • Old-Fashioned Salads synopsis, comments

    Old-Fashioned Salads

    Edith Wells

    Take a tasty trip back in time with over 400 salad and salad dressing recipes selected from antique cook books printed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this cookbook, you'll f...

  • Forgotten Women synopsis, comments

    Forgotten Women

    Zing Tsjeng

    'To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, da...

  • Old-Fashioned Breakfast Menus plus Coffee Cakes, Muffins, and Omelets synopsis, comments

    Old-Fashioned Breakfast Menus plus Coffee Cakes, Muffins, and Omelets

    Edith Wells

    Feeling nostalgic? In this cook book, you’ll find a collection of oldfashioned breakfast menus from the 1880s through the 1920s. There are simple menus perfect for whipping up an o...

  • 53 Old-Fashioned Fruit Cakes synopsis, comments

    53 Old-Fashioned Fruit Cakes

    Edith Wells

    53 OldFashioned Fruit CakesFruit cake is an oldfashioned tradition. Who knew there were so many varieties? Recipes abound from alcohol soaked to frosted to somewhat plain. In this ...

  • Old-Fashioned Fruit Salads synopsis, comments

    Old-Fashioned Fruit Salads

    Edith Wells

    Take a tasty trip back in time with these oldfashioned fruit salad recipes collected from various antique cook books. Inside you'll find classics (Waldorf Salad) and variations on ...

  • Old-Fashioned Afternoon Tea Recipes synopsis, comments

    Old-Fashioned Afternoon Tea Recipes

    Edith Wells

    OldFashioned Afternoon Tea RecipesTake a tasty trip back in time and recreate some of these oldfashioned teatolling recipes from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. You'll find simp...

  • Old-Fashioned Dinner Menus synopsis, comments

    Old-Fashioned Dinner Menus

    Edith Wells

    What might the economical dinner menu consist of in 1905? What was on a vegetarian menu in 1910? If you visited the White House in 1913, what might be served? In this recipe and me...

  • Melmoth the Wanderer synopsis, comments

    Melmoth the Wanderer

    Charles Maturin

    With an essay by Alathea Hayter.'My hour is come ... the clock of eternity is about to strike, but its knell must be unheard by mortal ears!'This violent, profound, baroque and bla...

  • Mother Knows Best synopsis, comments

    Mother Knows Best

    Edith Wells

    It’s the fall of 1902, and Violet, recently widowed, is left to run an abandoned boat turned hotel in San Francisco. Many, including Violet’s mother, push Violet to sell, but Viole...

  • Stand Up Virgin Soldiers synopsis, comments

    Stand Up Virgin Soldiers

    Leslie Thomas

    The worst has happened. On the eve of their return to Blighty, Brigg and his fellow National Servicemen find themselves sentenced to another six months in Panglin Barracks...Many o...

  • The Corn Has Ears synopsis, comments

    The Corn Has Ears

    Edith Wells

    It's 1903 and Abigail Fitz and her children are traveling cross country by train to join her husband in San Francisco. Abigail is hoping for a quiet trip with extra time for the bo...

  • The Wedding Veil synopsis, comments

    The Wedding Veil

    Kristy Woodson Harvey

    The New York Times bestselling author of Under the Southern Sky and the Peachtree Bluff series “brings her signature warmth and Southern charm” (E! Online) to this sweeping novel f...