What is the name meaning of EDI. Phrases containing EDI
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EDI
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Native American
Native American Omaha name EDITON means "standing as a sacred object."
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British, English, Scottish
From Edinburgh
Female
English
Contracted form of English Edwina, EDINA means "rich friend."
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English and French
English and French : nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton’, ‘lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing a Germanic personal name cognate with Wade.probably from the Catalan personal name Gai (Latin Gaius), or in some cases a nickname from Catalan gay ‘cheerful’.Variant of German Gau.North German : from a Frisian personal name Gay.A Congregational clergyman and one of the forerunners of the Unitarian movement in New England, Ebenezer Gay (1696–1787) was born in Dedham, MA, which had been founded by his grandfather, John Gay, who came to America from Wiltshire, England, about 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA. Ebenezer’s great-grandson Howard was editor of the American Anti-Slavery Standard.
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German and Dutch
German and Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a dealer in cloth or a tailor, from Middle High German, Middle Low German el(l)e ‘yardstick’, ‘length of the lower arm’.German : from a short form, Edilo, from any of various Germanic personal names composed with adal ‘noble family’.English : from the female personal name Ela, a reduced form of Elena and possibly also of Eleanor.
Female
Portuguese
Portuguese form of English Edith, EDITE means "rich battle."
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English
English : probably from a pet form of Eade or a variant of Eddy.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, EDISON means "son of Eda."
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English
English : from Anglo-Norman French gardinier ‘gardener’. In medieval times this normally denoted a cultivator of edible produce in an orchard or kitchen garden, rather than one who tended ornamental lawns and flower beds.Americanized form of French Desjardins or German Gärtner (see Gartner).
Female
English
Modern English form of Anglo-Saxon Eadgyð, EDITH means "rich battle."
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English
English : habitational name from places in Cheshire and Shropshire named Edgeley, from Old English edisc ‘enclosed pasture’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Female
English
Pet form of English Edith, EDIE means "rich battle."
Female
German
Variant spelling of German Adeltrudis, EDILTRUDIS means "noble strength."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic or metronymic from Eade.The inventor Thomas Alva Edison, born in 1847 in Milan, OH, came from a Canadian family first established in North America by John Edison, a loyalist during the American Revolution, who served under the British General Richard Howe and went into exile in Nova Scotia after the Revolutionary War.
Male
Turkish
Turkish name EDIZ means "high."
Female
Czechoslovakian
, rich-gift.
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English and French
English and French : from a pet form (with the suffix -ot) of the medieval personal name Herry, Harry (a variant of Henry).Scottish : habitational name from a place, as for example Heriot to the south of Edinburgh, named with Middle English heriot, which denoted a piece of land restored to the feudal lord on the death of its tenant. The Middle English word is from Old English heregeatu, a compound of here ‘army’ + geatu ‘equipment’, referring originally to military equipment that was restored to the lord on the death of a vassal.English : habitational name from Herriard in Hampshire, which may have been named as ‘army quarters’ (Old English here ‘army’ + geard ‘enclosure’), or possibly from the Celtic terms hyr ‘long’ + garth ‘ridge’.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Edith, EDITHE means "rich battle."
Female
English
Hungarian form of English Edith, EDIT means "rich battle."
Male
Hebrew
 Variant spelling of Hebrew Eidi, EDI means "my witness." Compare with another form of Edi.
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n.
The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
n.
A leading article in a newspaper or magazine; an editorial article; an article published as an expression of the views of the editor.
a.
Instructing; improving; as, an edifying conversation.
n.
An editor.
n.
The whole number of copies of a work printed and published at one time; as, the first edition was soon sold.
n.
The office or charge of an editor; care and superintendence of a publication.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Edify
a.
Tending to edification.
n.
One who edifies, builds up, or strengthens another by moral or religious instruction.
imp. & p. p.
of Edit
n.
A female editor.
a.
Of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor; as, editorial labors; editorial remarks.
n.
One who edits; esp., a person who prepares, superintends, revises, and corrects a book, magazine, or newspaper, etc., for publication.
adv.
In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.
imp. & p. p.
of Edify
n.
A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.
n.
A building or edifice.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Edit
a.
Pertaining to an edifice; structural.
v. t.
To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper.