Enid (given name)
Encyclopedia
Enid is a Welsh
given name. The name Enid derives from the Middle Welsh eneit, meaning "purity," lit. "soul," from PIE *ane-tyo-, from base *ane- "to breathe."
Old Welsh language
Old Welsh is the label attached to the Welsh language from about 800 AD until the early 12th century when it developed into Middle Welsh. The preceding period, from the time Welsh became distinct from the British language around 550, has been called "Primitive Welsh".Many poems and some prose...
given name. The name Enid derives from the Middle Welsh eneit, meaning "purity," lit. "soul," from PIE *ane-tyo-, from base *ane- "to breathe."
List of people with the given name Enid
- Enid BagnoldEnid BagnoldEnid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones, CBE , known by her maiden name as Enid Bagnold, was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet which was filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor....
(aka Lady Enid Jones) (1889–1981), British author and playwright - Enid BakewellEnid BakewellEnid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979, and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed bat and slow left-arm bowler, on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced...
(born 1940), English cricketer - Enid BennettEnid Bennett-Career:Born in York, Western Australia, Bennett started her film acting career in 1916, first starring in Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, with two other films that same year...
(1893-1969), Australian-American silent film actress - Enid BlytonEnid BlytonEnid Blyton was an English children's writer also known as Mary Pollock.Noted for numerous series of books based on recurring characters and designed for different age groups,her books have enjoyed huge success in many parts of the world, and have sold over 600 million copies.One of Blyton's most...
(1897–1968), popular British children's writer - Enid CampbellEnid CampbellProfessor Enid Mona Campbell, AC, OBE was an Australian legal scholar, and was the first female professor and Dean of a law school in Australasia...
(1932-2010), Australian legal scholar and law professor - Enid CharlesEnid CharlesEnid Charles, Ph.D. was a socialist, feminist and statistician who was a pioneer in the fields of demography and population statistics....
(1894-1972), socialist, feminist and pioneering statistician - Enid GreeneEnid GreeneEnid Greene, formerly Enid Greene Waldholtz is a politician from the state of Utah who served one term in the United States House of Representatives. She was the third woman and first Republican woman elected to congress from Utah. Since her retirement in 1997 no woman has served in Congress from...
(born 1958), politician, one-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Utah - Enid KentEnid KentEnid Kent is a former American television actress.She was born to William Kent, a refugee from Hitler's Germany and Irene Tedrow, an actress of radio, stage, film and television, originally from Denver, Colorado.A Hollywood High School graduate , Enid Kent explored the world of theater from an...
, played Nurse Bigelow, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H - Enid LyonsEnid LyonsDame Enid Muriel Lyons, AD, GBE was an Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet...
(1897-1981), Australian politician and wife of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons - Enid MarkeyEnid MarkeyEnid Markey was an American actress of stage, film and television. She originated the role of Jane in films, playing the character twice - in 1918 .Her first film role was in The Fortunes of War...
(1894-1981), American actress - Enid MumfordEnid MumfordEnid Mumford was a British social scientist, computer scientist and Professor Emerita of Manchester University and a Visiting Fellow at Manchester Business School, largely known for her work on human factors and socio-technical systems.- Biography :Following her BA in Social Science from Liverpool...
(1924-2006), British professor largely known for her work on human factors and socio-technical systems - Enid NemyEnid NemyEnid Nemy was a reporter and columnist for The New York Times for many years. She began at the Times in 1963, and remained for four decades before retiring. She was awarded the 1984 Matrix Award "for achievement in newspapers and wire services"....
, reporter and columnist for The New York Times - Enid StarkieEnid StarkieEnid Mary Starkie CBE, Litt.D , was an Irish literary critic, known for her biographical works on French poets. She was a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, and Lecturer and then Reader in the University.-Early life:She was the eldest daughter of Rt. Hon...
(1897-1970), Irish literary critic - Enid YandellEnid YandellEnid Yandell was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She was the daughter of Dr. Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Jr. and Louise Elliston Yandell of Louisville, Kentucky. Yandell was a prolific sculptor creating numerous portraits, garden pieces and small...
(1870-1934), American sculptor
Fictional characters
- Enid or EnideEnideEnide or Enid is a character from Arthurian legend. She is Erec's wife in Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, and Geraint's in the Welsh Romance Geraint and Enid, analogous to Chrétien's version...
, a character from the King Arthur legend - Enid Coleslaw, one of the two principal characters in the Ghost WorldGhost WorldGhost World is a comic book written and illustrated by Daniel Clowes. It was originally serialized in issues #11 through #18 of Clowes's comic book series Eightball, and was first published in book form in 1997 by Fantagraphics Books...
comic book series - Enid Rollins, a character in the Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley University book series