PhilippineNames
FIL

RESEARCHED ENTRY NAME IN THE PHILIPPINES

Editha.

Wealth and battle, through Edith

Compare Download card
Gender context
Girl
Letters
6
Words
1
Syllables / divisions
3
First letter
E
Sources
5

Synthetic Filipino reading. Personal and regional pronunciations can differ.

MEANING & HISTORY

What does Editha mean?

Editha is independently documented as a Latinate form of Edith. The underlying Old English name combines wealth and war or battle, according to the medieval-name dictionary.

This exact relationship fills the gap left by the brief Cebuano usage entry. The final -a marks the later form rather than a second root meaning gift. Editha and Edith share a history, but preserving the longer spelling matters when identifying an individual person's name.

References for this explanation

  1. Wiktionary contributors — Editha (Cebuano) ↗
  2. Behind the Name — editha ↗
  3. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Edith ↗

Pronunciation & syllables

Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.

Cebuano

E · di · tha3 source divisions

Dictionary reading & contributors ↗

Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0

Origin and name formation

Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.

Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads

Use in Philippine-linked records

Public-record transcription

6

eligible source records · 2001

This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.

OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗

PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS

Editha in the birth records

Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.

No exact-spelling count for Editha appears in the PSA name tables included here. This does not mean zero births or prove that the name is rare.

Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →

Similar names to Editha

Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.

Names in this collection

Explore similar names →

What rhymes with Editha?

No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.

Names with a similar written ending

Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.

AgathaArethaBerthaMarthaNathaNelipthaSamantha

Explore Editha further

Sibling & twin ideas Compare this name Original forms & scripts Records & coverage Name numerology Try a full name
More names starting with E

Follow the sources

  1. OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)

    Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.

  2. COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)

    Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.

  3. Wiktionary contributors — Editha (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)

    Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.

  4. Behind the Name — editha (opens in a new tab)

    Consulted editorial entry, not user submissions: Latinate form of Edith.

  5. Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Edith (opens in a new tab)

    Old English wealth and war elements.