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I, too, am researching Ouida, since my aunt (my paternal grandmother's only daughter, hence her "eldest")was named that (she was born around 1922);she was named after my grandmother's eldest sister's given name, also "Ouida" (born 1886 in the furthest county in Maryland's Eastern Shore, Somerset County, in an oystering town called Dames Quarter where my great-grandfather was a Lighthouse Keeper!) Now, in the Scottish tradition (apparently which they followed)there was an order to naming the children, in which case the 1886 Ouida (as first born girl) would have been named after her maternal grandmother, which will link the name back even further. If I find out anything more I'll let you know! Sorry I don't have my own e-mail/'puter.