Blythe is a primarily feminine given name from an

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

surname with the same spelling meaning "cheerful", "joyful", "pleasant", dating further back from the

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...

word blithiz, meaning "gentle", "kind". Variants of the name include Blyth, Blith, and Blithe. Notable people with the name include:

Women with the name

* Blythe Auffarth (born 1985), American actress * Blythe Daley or Blyth Daly (1901–1965), British-born American actress * Blythe Danner (born 1943), American actress * Blythe Duff (born 1962), Scottish actress * Blythe Hartley (born 1982), Canadian Olympic diver * Blythe Loutit (1940–2005), founder member of the Save the Rhino Trust, artist and conservationist * Blythe McGarvie, American business executive * Blythe Metz (born 1977), American actress * Blythe Wilson, Canadian actress

Men with the name

* Blyth Tait (born 1961), New Zealand equestrian * Blythe Walker (born 1968), Bermudian sailor

Fictional characters

* Blythe, a supporting character in Netflix series ''You'' * Blythe Baxter, the main protagonist of the cartoon show '' Littlest Pet Shop''

References

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