Entry № 4433 · Hebrew origin

Idit Idit — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Best / choice"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "best / choice".

Idit is from the Hebrew ʾIdīt.

Best / choice — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

אִידִית
Transliteration
ʾIdīt
Pronunciation
/ iːˈdiːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Idit stands.

Idit does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Idits before her.

Real people

In fiction
Lots wife / Idit
Jewish midrash tradition names Lots wife Idit + Genesis 19:26 became pillar of salt + Sodom and Gomorrah narrative
Hebrew Bible + midrash

Names connected to Idit.

The number behind Idit.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Idit reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.