Definition of "Edith"

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 my lessons.

1903, Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers, page 11

- - 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?"

2009, Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, page 76