Blythe is a feminine given name from an Old English[1] surname with the same spelling meaning "cheerful", "joyous", "pleasant", dating further back from the Proto-Germanic word blithiz, meaning "gentle", "kind". Variants of the name include Blighe, Bligh, Blight, Blyth, Blith, Blithe and Blygh.
Notable people with the name include:
- Blythe Auffarth (born 1985), American actress
- Drew Blythe Barrymore, 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
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