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HelpEdith (just saw my first baby one)
I've been wondering why babies weren't being named Edith for several years now. It fits in perfectly with the old-fashioned-name-with-a-super-cute-nickname trend. Yet somehow it has dropped from #565 in 2000 to #842 in 2009, but was #820 last year. Maybe it's a late bloomer. Anyway... an aquaintance from a message board I used to be on just had a baby girl, Edith Blythe. Very pretty, methinks, though a bit thhy.
I used to love Edith, like I would've used it. I guess I got bored with it, and it's started to feel too frilly and bubbly to me (weird, right?). I thought maybe some new combos that made it feel more mature would help me come back around to it.
My old combos were Edith Cyneburga, Edith Isobel, and Edith Olwen. Then I made some new ones:
Edith Birdie
Edith Marjorie
Edith Phaedra
Edith Fenella
Edith Bethan
Edith Maudie
Edith Alberta - this has a pretty good balance
Edith Emmanuelle
Edith Philippine - I like how elegant this is
Edith Temperance
Edith Hope
Edith Remembrance - thought maybe some virtue names would work. Kinda.
I don't know. Like any? Have your own Edith combo you love? Maybe it needs some stuff more up the Cyneburga alley.
I used to love Edith, like I would've used it. I guess I got bored with it, and it's started to feel too frilly and bubbly to me (weird, right?). I thought maybe some new combos that made it feel more mature would help me come back around to it.
My old combos were Edith Cyneburga, Edith Isobel, and Edith Olwen. Then I made some new ones:
Edith Birdie
Edith Marjorie
Edith Phaedra
Edith Fenella
Edith Bethan
Edith Maudie
Edith Alberta - this has a pretty good balance
Edith Emmanuelle
Edith Philippine - I like how elegant this is
Edith Temperance
Edith Hope
Edith Remembrance - thought maybe some virtue names would work. Kinda.
I don't know. Like any? Have your own Edith combo you love? Maybe it needs some stuff more up the Cyneburga alley.
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I LOVE Edith!
Hooray for a real baby Edith!
Edith Remembrance is beautiful! And I love both Edith and Marjorie - and know a pair of wonderful nonagenarian sisters with the names - so they are more sister names to me than combo. I know you love Margaret too -- does it ever make you sad that Margaret and Marjorie are forms of the same name? To me that makes them unusable together. My favorite too-close-to-use sister set is Margaret, Marjorie, and Magdalena.
My husband actually likes Edith too, but it's pretty far down on our list of usable girl names. We'd have to get to like daughter #6 before we'd use Edith, and that's not happening.
Some Edith combos:
Edith Margaret
Edith Eloise
Edith Quinn
Edith Jane
Edith Penelope
Edith Naomi
Edith Angharad
Edith Bright
Edith Magdalen
Edith Marcella
Hooray for a real baby Edith!
Edith Remembrance is beautiful! And I love both Edith and Marjorie - and know a pair of wonderful nonagenarian sisters with the names - so they are more sister names to me than combo. I know you love Margaret too -- does it ever make you sad that Margaret and Marjorie are forms of the same name? To me that makes them unusable together. My favorite too-close-to-use sister set is Margaret, Marjorie, and Magdalena.
My husband actually likes Edith too, but it's pretty far down on our list of usable girl names. We'd have to get to like daughter #6 before we'd use Edith, and that's not happening.
Some Edith combos:
Edith Margaret
Edith Eloise
Edith Quinn
Edith Jane
Edith Penelope
Edith Naomi
Edith Angharad
Edith Bright
Edith Magdalen
Edith Marcella
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I know one
in Finland, but it's pronounced ee-dit.
in Finland, but it's pronounced ee-dit.
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I like Edith. It's very sweet without being saccharine, and it works well for both adults and children.
Edith and Blythe both appeal to me, but I don't think they flow very well together. The combo is too heavy on the "th" sound.
My favorite combo of yours is Edith Phaedra. Edith Remembrance sounds poetic, and Edith Marjorie is sweet and retro.
Edith Cyneburga is epic. Cyneburga adds strength to the combo - not to say that Edith sounds flimsy by any means.
I also like Edith Olwen and Edith Isobel.
More:
Edith Lucasta
Edith Jocasta
Edith Lucretia
Edith Lavinia
Edith Kerensa
Edith Channary
Edith Constanza
Edith Crescentia
Edith Geraldine
Edith Guinevere
Edith Voirrey
Edith Moirrey
Edith Finola
Edith Magdalene
Edith Magdalena
Edith Rosemary
Edith and Blythe both appeal to me, but I don't think they flow very well together. The combo is too heavy on the "th" sound.
My favorite combo of yours is Edith Phaedra. Edith Remembrance sounds poetic, and Edith Marjorie is sweet and retro.
Edith Cyneburga is epic. Cyneburga adds strength to the combo - not to say that Edith sounds flimsy by any means.
I also like Edith Olwen and Edith Isobel.
More:
Edith Lucasta
Edith Jocasta
Edith Lucretia
Edith Lavinia
Edith Kerensa
Edith Channary
Edith Constanza
Edith Crescentia
Edith Geraldine
Edith Guinevere
Edith Voirrey
Edith Moirrey
Edith Finola
Edith Magdalene
Edith Magdalena
Edith Rosemary
This message was edited 11/8/2011, 5:00 PM
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Great intel, Llewella. While I love Edith too, I'm not surprised it hasn't caught on as well as other nostalgic names like Violet and Josephine. There's a heaviness to Edith that won't wear well with the general public, despite the super-cute nn of Edie. More's the pity.
But your sighting gives one hope. :-)
Edith Cyneburga is outstanding. Edith Olwen is darling. All of your combinaitons are nice, but I have a soft spot for Edith Fenella -- it's so unexpected. (As if Edith Cyneburga is????)
My stock combination is Edith Wren. She's frugal. :-*
But your sighting gives one hope. :-)
Edith Cyneburga is outstanding. Edith Olwen is darling. All of your combinaitons are nice, but I have a soft spot for Edith Fenella -- it's so unexpected. (As if Edith Cyneburga is????)
My stock combination is Edith Wren. She's frugal. :-*
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