I’m an African-American woman that bears this name. In the forty-four years of my life, I’ve known only 1 other African-American female who has this name and a number of Hispanic women named Alida...so I thought this name was Spanish in origin.
Also Romanian (you'll find numerous bearers on social media).
― Anonymous User 7/29/2020
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I was unaware of this site - how interesting it is! My late mother was born Alida Marianne Dehn in Hamburg in 1927. Her mother Alice wanted a similar but not identical name to herself and so adopted Alida. I am now 60 and have never met anyone with this name - until now: My granddaughter has just been named Philippa Alida so the name is perpetuated.
I am from Argentina. Here, Alida isn't a common name, but I know about 4 or 5 more. The pronunciaton of this name here is with accent in first A. I love my name, really. It's beautiful to me!