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I sort of like Edith. It was my grandmother's name. She was Edith Mary Amelia. The nickname Edie, however, is adorable.

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Edith Flora
Edith Philomena
Edith Ida
Edith Ada
Edith Josephine
Edith Eleanor
Edith Alice
Edith Winifred
Edith Elodie
Edith Matilda
Edith Esther
Edith Myrtle
Edith Edna
Edith Bertha
Edith Aurelia
Edith Eugenia
Edith Adelaide
Edith Bernice
Edith Ella
Edith Elmira
Edith Clara
Edith Avis

It's really nice! It goes well with your other names, except maybe Elizabeth because of the repeated "th" ending.

I was at school with an Edith Linda Marie who was a spoilt little brat who specialised in synthetic tears. And in a top South African comic strip there's an Edith who's an old English woman with a 19th-century mindset who drinks gin and tonic 24/7. But the name's good.

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Edith Valeria could work. Edith Philippa. Edith Joan - beautifully medieval!

Growing up in the 70's the name Edith was forever tied to the character Edith Bunker in "All in the Family." If you've never seen the show, Edith is a loveable, but hopelessly frumpy house wife. And that's the image I had of the name Edith.

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But then I learned that Edith was popular in Victorian times because it was part of the Anglo-Saxon / medieval retro-thing they loved. One of the great beauties of England was Edith Aylesford (sp?).

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So I began to see Edith in a new light. Names that transport me back in time delight me. An Anglo-Saxon maiden named Edith began to take poor Mrs. Bunker's place in my mind. The soft "-ith" part was intriguing.

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Then, I fell in love with the adorable nn Edie. So Edith, nn Edie, is aces in my book now. Love it to pieces.

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Ruby, Vivi, Bess and Edie are adorable together. I especially love Edie and Bess. (I thought I was the only person who liked Bess as a nn.)

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Edith Margaret / Marjorie
Edith Morwenna
Edith Matilda / Maude
Edith Eleanor
Edith Frances
Edith Winifred (too much "ed?")
Edith Beatrice
Edith Josephine

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I like it a lot, and I love the sibset. It's a little retro and yet spunky at the same time.

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For combos, how about:
Edith Penelope
Edith Marianne
Edith Therese
Edith Ophelia

Edie is so cute!

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Edith Delphine
Edith Olivia
Edith Maren
Edith Bellatrix
Edith Cordelia

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I think it's pretty much the most adorable name ever! I'd consider using it, but my DH doesn't like it.

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I think that's a decent sibset. Elizabeth is a bit odd in it, but with the nn Bess it fits better.

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I haven't worked on Edith combos in forever, but my combo is Edith Isobel. It's a fairly hard name to pair well, I've found.

I love love love love love Edith. It's actually my pen name.

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Edith Susanne is nice.

I love it!! Edith with the nn Edie is gorgeous! It's a very charming name.

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I love Vivienne (and Vivi) , and Elisabeth is nice too, but i'm not a fan of Bess at all. I love Betty though. Ruby is nms. All the names, apart from Ruby imo, go well together. And Edith Emmeline is nice, I love Alliterate names atm.

This message was edited 2/8/2010, 4:11 PM

I love Edith! It's so cute. And Edie is such a cute nickname too.

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I was going to say that Elisabeth and Edith seemed a little close for siblings, but if they would be Bess and Edie (awww!) most of the time then it don't think it's a big deal, really.

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Edith Emmeline is really cute! My favorite Edith combo is Edith Felicity, personally.

I love Edith. I think it is beautiful and underused, though some people today may think it is just old. I think it would work well with Ruby and Vivienne, but I don't see it working with Elisabeth. Probably because both have the E beginning and -th ending.