Edyta

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 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◐

Edyta is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name600 records spelled Edyta3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Édyta, Èdyta

• Czech given name274 records spelled Edyta106 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Philippines, United States, Russia

  Languages: Czech, Spanish, Russian

  Also written Edita, Editha, Edith, Эдита, Эдит

36 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●

Edyta is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Polish, Edith

  as a name·Polish Personal Names (CIA Foreign Names Studies, ch. 24)

• Polish form of EDITH .

  as a word

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 27 years between 1968–1996. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Edita Piekhab. 1937FRnot in their usual nameFrench, Soviet and Russian singer and actress
• Edyta Geppertb. 1953PLPolish singer
• Edyta Bartosiewiczb. 1965PLPolish singer
• Edyta Jungowskab. 1966PLPolish actress
• Edyta Górniakb. 1972PLPolish singer and songwriter
• Agnieszka Pasternakb. 1972PLnot in their usual namePolish politician, member of the Sejm, former EU MP
• Edyta Koryznab. 1973PLPolish basketball player (born 1973)
• Edyta Witkowskab. 1979PLPolish sportsperson
• Edyta Herbuśb. 1981PLPolish actor, singer and dancer
• Edyta Śliwińskab. 1981PLPolish dancer

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 · 224 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Edyta?

We estimate roughly 116 thousand people bear Edyta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Edyta have the most bearers?

We estimate about 113 thousand people bear Edyta in Poland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled edyta.

Where is Edyta most common?

Edyta is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 337 people carrying it.

How common is Edyta compared with other names?

In Poland, Edyta is the 120th most common given name of 66,904 given names recorded there.

Is Edyta a male or female name?

Edyta 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.

What does the name Edyta mean?

Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Edith