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Idilia and Irida
I'm looking for information on the female names Idilia and Irida. Unfortunately I don't know the ethnic background of Idilia, but Idira is possibly from the Balkans. Thanks for any information!
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Idilia might be a variant of Odilia, but it might also be derived from what we know in English as idyll:http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idyllThe Spanish equivalent of English idyll is égloga, but the Italian equivalent is idillio, so it is possible that parents thought that this word would sound beautiful on their son (Idilio) or daughter (Idilia). It wouldn't be the first time parents had named their child something that was previously a word only.
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Irida is what the Slavic people call the Greek goddess Iris.

This message was edited 3/19/2010, 5:02 PM

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