Edith

Proper noun

1. A female given name from Old English.
   • Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books. - 1809, Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
   • But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know...
   • - - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"...
2. A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.