Edith vs. Meredith — What's the Difference?

Edith is a female given name, derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and ġȳð, meaning 'war', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith.

United States civil rights leader whose college registration caused riots in traditionally segregated Mississippi (born in 1933)

English novelist and poet (1828-1909)