Blythe (given name)

Blythe is a feminine given name from an Old English 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

Fictional characters

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