It means keeping things constant and comes from two Greek words: 'homeo,' meaning 'similar,' and 'stasis,' meaning 'stable.' A more formal definition of homeostasis is a characteristic of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, relatively constant condition of properties.
Edith is a female given name, derived from the Old English words ead, meaning 'riches or blessed ', and gyÃ°, meaning 'war', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form, also a common name in French, is Ãdith. Ã©dith
Edith is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced E-dith. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 627 in baby name popularity for girls with 452 occurrences. Less than 5 boys were given the name. View the Edith Name Popularity Page to see how the popularity trend for Edith has changed since 1880, or to compare the popularity of Edith to other names. Variants of the name Edith include Edithe. The names Edit, Edita, Edite, Edyta, Edytha are all forms of Edith.