Given name
Edytha
Edytha is a variant of Edith. One English interpretation is “the spoils of war; one who is joyous; a treasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Edytha 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
Edytha is a variant of Edith. An origin associated with Edith is Old English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Edytha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 0 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 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 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1916.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Edytha’s family of names
Edytha has a related form in Edith. In English usage, Edytha has a conventional equivalent in the German form Edith.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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