Editha
Editha is a feminine given name. Notable people with this name include:Editha Knocker (1869–1950), English violinist Editha Olga Bailey (1903–1980), president of multiple Australian organizations Editha Limbach (1933–2023), German politician Editha von Rahden (1823–1885), Baltic-German philanthropist Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, English criminal Editha Greville Prideaux, New Zealand artist Editha…
- German
- English
Meaning & Origin of Editha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Editha is a feminine given name. Notable people with this name include:Editha Knocker (1869–1950), English violinist Editha Olga Bailey (1903–1980), president of multiple Australian organizations Editha Limbach (1933–2023), German politician Editha von Rahden (1823–1885), Baltic-German philanthropist Ann O'Delia Diss Debar, English criminal Editha Greville Prideaux, New Zealand artist Editha…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- English
The Story of Editha
The earliest SSA record of Editha as a baby girl name dates back to 1889, when 6 babies received it. 1920 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Editha — #2,463 in the national rankings. About 24% of every Editha on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Editha last appeared in the published SSA data in 1971, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 321 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Editha
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About the name Editha
Editha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 321 births in the dataset. Editha's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #2,463. Use the chart and map above to compare Editha's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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