Given name
Edita
Edita is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edita is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Edita is a variant of Edith. An origin associated with Edith is Old English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Slovak usage, Edita developed from Edith.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 0 boys · 77 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,896 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edita’s family of names
In Czech usage, Edita has a short form in DITA. In Slovak usage, Edita developed from the English form Edith. In Czech usage, Edita has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Edyta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Edita has relatives in 8 languages.
10 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Edita
- Edita Gruberová(1946–2021) Slovakia-born Austrian opera singer
- MaditaAustrian actress and singerborn 1978
- Edita PučinskaitėLithuanian cyclistborn 1975
- Edita VilkevičiūtėLithuanian modelborn 1989
- Edita AbdieskiSwiss singerborn 1984
- Edita MorrisSwedish writer (1902–1988)
- Edita TahiriKosovan politicianborn 1956
- Edita ŠujanováCzech basketball player (born 1985)
- Edita BroglioLatvian artist (1886–1977), active in Italy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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