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Enid, Edith or Edna?
Which do you prefer, and why?All three have been rolling around my mind lately and I can’t quite tease out my feelings on them.
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Enid, no contest.I find it absolutely adorable and can see it still being used today- more so then the other two.
Edith is alright, really not much to say, although I do find it kinda lispy with the 'th' sound. So not really a fan of the ending '-ith' I don't care for Edna at all. It would be my absolute last choice between them. I don't see the appeal and I find it unquestionably dated. It's very much a "senior citizen only name" to me.
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I like all 3 but Enid is my favourite, Edna my least favourite. Edith is the safest option
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Enid, hands down.Enid is the only one of the three I actually like. It has a quirky / nerdy charm to it. And I've said it before, but it also makes me think of insects / entomology.Edith... I can tolerate, because the nickname Edie isn't too bad. But there really are few names I like that end in -th, and Edith really isn't one of them. (I prefer Eden, but I'm not a huge fan of Eden either.)Can't stand Edna, though. Sorry.
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Edna just has a really unattractive sound to it imo. It sounds very harsh and abrupt and I don’t like it.
Enid is kinda cute, though I wouldn’t use it.
Edith I really like and I love the nn Edie. A very pretty, classic name.
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Edith hands down. It feels charmingly old fashioned rather than stuffy like the other two.
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EdithI think it’s a delightful name
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Edna. Edith and Enid is not my style and kinda clunky.
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EdithI can't decide Edith or Enid, but no Edna, please:)So, let it be Edith today.
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Probably Enid because it seems the freshest.
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Enid is a name that I like better in some accents than in others. It doesn't sound as nice in a Brooklyn accent as it does in Welsh.Edith is okay. It is very old fashioned. Sometimes it comes across as a bit repressed, but, at other times, I'm reminded of its medieval roots and palace intrigue. If MacBeth had an extreme prim and autocratic visiting English court lady character who secretly knew everything but just sat and embroidered while judging people, it would be Edith. I sorta like it.Edna is my least favorite. It sounds dowdy and dogeared. I do love Edna Mode's character in "The Incredibles."
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I love all three, but my favorite is Enid. I'm sad that Edith is rising in popularity.
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I like all three but I prefer Enid slightly because it's more grand and full of character. But Edna is nice too because then I can call her "Edie"!Edith feels more like a middle name honestly.
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Edith. Then Edna, then Enid. I just think Enid is so ugly, there isn’t really a reason. Edith is pretty. Edna is kind of drab but I knew a nice, young one who jazzed it up a little bit for me.
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Edith is my all-time favorite
Enid I like the sound of quite well
Edna isn't really my thing, though I don't feel strongly negatively towards it or anything
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EdnaI just prefer it. The meaning is nicer than Edith's, and the pronunciation doesn't bug me like Enid. Plus I like some Edna St Vincent Millay poems and the sound/vibe of Edmee, Edwige, Ariadna. And Sedna's interesting, and Edda and Etta are ok.

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dont like any
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Enid is my favorite of this set, Edna feels weird to me but I do like Edana.Edith isn't too bad. In middle school I had decided if I had a time machine and went back to the early 20th century to grow up, get married and raise children I would name the daughters Helen, Edith and Dorothy so it was apart of one of my original sib sets!

This message was edited 6/2/2021, 3:40 PM

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Edna!!I looove Edna, I think it's adorable but also gutsy, and it has a hard intelligence to it that I really admire. I like that I can picture it on someone who could either bake you cupcakes or punch you in the face. I love the idea of a young Edna "Eddie". I would use Edna for real, on a person, I love it that much. I like all of them pretty well though. Crimson Peak gave me more of an appreciation for Edith, and my friend named her cat Enid, so now I think of it as being quite adorable.
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