Edit

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Edit is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name157K records spelled Edit7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Édit, Édít

• Czech given name1.6K records spelled Edit106 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Philippines, United States, Russia

  Languages: Czech, Spanish, Russian

  Also written Edita, Editha, Edith, Эдита, Эдит

• French given name870 records spelled Edit4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Édit, Êdit

• a separate given name578 records spelled Edit3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Ecuador

  Also written Edīt, Ėdit

46 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Edit is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In ibb, a disease of babies, red spots appear on the skin

  as a word·Ibibio Dictionary. Final Report

• In Latin, third-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive of edō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian, a female given name derived from English Edith

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A change to the text of a document.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

CL SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) — 70 years between 1921–2009. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edith Gyömrői Ludowykb. 1896HUnot in their usual nameHungarian psychotherapist, poet (1896-1987)
• Edith Kissb. 1905HUnot in their usual nameHungarian sculptor and painter (1905-1966)
• Edith Farnadib. 1911HUnot in their usual namepianist from Hungary
• Edith Elizabeth Farkasb. 1921HUnot in their usual nameAntarctic researcher & meteorologist
• Edith Egerb. 1927USnot in their usual nameHungarian-American clinical psychologist and Holocaust survivor (1927–2026)
• Edit Soósb. 1934HUHungarian actress (1934-2008)
• Edit Bauerb. 1946SKSlovak politician
• Edit Kovácsb. 1954HUHungarian fencer (1954–)
• Edit Ábrahámb. 1956HUHungarian actress
• Edit Urbánb. 1961HUHungarian table tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 652 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edit?

We estimate roughly 60 thousand people bear Edit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Edit have the most bearers?

We estimate about 52 thousand people bear Edit in Hungary, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled edit.

Where is Edit most common?

Edit is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 188 people carrying it.

How common is Edit compared with other names?

In Hungary, Edit is the 51st most common given name of 18,750 given names recorded there.

Is Edit a male or female name?

Edit is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.