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Ida is cool! Reminds me of someone in Poland or Spain. Any country except America.
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Ida Schuster (1918-2020) was a Scottish theatre, radio and television actress, theatre director and a leading figure in Glasgow's 20th-century Jewish theatre community.
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I'm sorry but I can only think of potatoes when I hear this name: Idaho potatoes.
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There's something vintage and glamorous about this name. It feels like a name you'd find in a Tiffany's jewelry store, like an aging, beautiful Hollywood actress. Audrey Hepburn vibes.
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I have this name for my original character (Ee-da since she is Norwegian). I find it really simple but not something you'll easily find making it the perfect name for an oc. I love this name.
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Also Romansh:
Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/A39DB2l8DNY
Https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/j4gVkbL2ZYA
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=321
Http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Ida
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Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars
Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/
Https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/A39DB2l8DNY
Https://nossaistorgia.ch/entries/j4gVkbL2ZYA
Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=321
Http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Ida
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Also the Portuguese form: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida
Used in Brazil: https://www.ibge.gov.br/censo2010/apps/nomes/#/search/response/591
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Used in Brazil: https://www.ibge.gov.br/censo2010/apps/nomes/#/search/response/591
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Rather plain imho and gives itself to "Ida ho!" and many puns.
On the other hand, I just watched a video documentary on the black rights activist Ida B. Wells and have thereby gained respect for the name. That remarkable woman's name was Ida Bell Wells and I thought how sweet Ida Belle would sound. Good courageous role model was the clever and tenacious Ida Wells, no matter what our colour.
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On the other hand, I just watched a video documentary on the black rights activist Ida B. Wells and have thereby gained respect for the name. That remarkable woman's name was Ida Bell Wells and I thought how sweet Ida Belle would sound. Good courageous role model was the clever and tenacious Ida Wells, no matter what our colour.
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Also Russian:
https://forebears.io/forenames/ida
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8F)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Rubinstein (Ida Rubinstein; Russian ballet dancer)
Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Ida/
Also Finnish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ida
Also French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Ida [noted -ed]
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https://forebears.io/forenames/ida
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B4%D0%B0_(%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8F)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Rubinstein (Ida Rubinstein; Russian ballet dancer)
Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Ida/
Also Finnish: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Ida
Also French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Ida [noted -ed]
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I'd name my child Ida if it wasn't a non-existent name in my country. I like it, it's simple and has a friendly tone to it.
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Well, I honestly find the name Ida a bit strange... and incomplete. I mean, my name is Idaira (pronounced Ee-dah-ee-rah) and so I feel like the name is missing something, but I don't find it ugly.
In terms of pronunciation, I prefer Eye-da a bit more than Ee-da, because it sounds longer and fuller, but it's fine either way. I don't think one sounds more vulgar than the other, although that depends on each taste.
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In terms of pronunciation, I prefer Eye-da a bit more than Ee-da, because it sounds longer and fuller, but it's fine either way. I don't think one sounds more vulgar than the other, although that depends on each taste.
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Hurricane Ida (Cat 4) is the second hurricane to ever have this name. It is scheduled to make landfall at 1pm edt on the day that I'm writing this (Fun Fact: Today is the 19th anniversary of the day when Hurricane Katrina made landfall).
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Ida Saxton McKinley, a bearer with the name.
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I actually changed my mind about this name. I like it, it’s very pretty. Ina is lovely as well.
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Gorgeous and short!
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Also Languedocian: https://ieo-oc.org/spip.php?page=article&id_article=300 --- Source: Institut d'Estudis Occitans
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I prefer Ina.
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Wonderful name! Ida has quality and class! Simple, but so strong at the same time. I like this name a lot!
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I rate Ida 4/10.
It is very plain and cold in my opinion. I don't know anyone with this name or specific namesakes except for the mythological mountain.
I much prefer Aida (a-EE-da) with a similar sound.
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It is very plain and cold in my opinion. I don't know anyone with this name or specific namesakes except for the mythological mountain.
I much prefer Aida (a-EE-da) with a similar sound.
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Since national statistics (ISTAT, 1999) the highest peak of popularity for Ida (EE-da) was in 2000 when 144 Ida were born in Italy. In 2018 instead the babies born with this name were 76.
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I prefer this name be pronounced as Eye-da rather than Ee-da, mainly because Eye-da sounds more regal to me than Ee-da. The second reason I prefer Eye-da over Ee-da is because my good friend Ida pronounced her name as Eye-da. The last reason I prefer Eye-da is because Ee-da to me sounds like a mispronunciation, Ee-da to me should be spelled as "Eda", but even then Eda is already a name and from what I know Eda isn't pronounced as "Ee-da".
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Ida was the name of one of my closest friends, she was very sweet, kind, and humble, and she was the only ginger in our friend group, this name will always remind me of my friend, Ida. I recommend this name. :)
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Also Slovene: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida [noted -ed]
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I think it's a pretty name and reminds me of a princess. Very rare.
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Also Corsican: http://www.corsicami.com/corse%20prenoms/prenoms_corses_m04.htm
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Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_(eesnimi)
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This name seems like a joke. It's too easy to make puns with it.
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Ida is the main character in the video game, Monument Valley.
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Also Slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_(prv%C3%A9_meno)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ida --- offer sources
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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ida --- offer sources
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Also Czech: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_(jm%C3%A9no)
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I'm from a small town in Appalachia. My folks were among the first settlers in America. The old timers claimed that the name "Ida" when put with "May", in place of Mary was to hide the line of Mary queen of Scots. Daniel Boone's people hid the name in "Ida-May" or Mae. The Irish pronounced it this way. Ida-May meant I'm the Mary. And so the Scots queen was hidden in every little girl called Ida. It was to throw the British off the trail, so that the true Mary, and the true queen would never be found. There's an old blue grass song called "Ida-Red". "Ida-Red" stands for "Ida-May". In the song, Ida-Red becomes Ida-blue and Ida-Green because this is what the Scots had to do to hide Mary's line in America. They changed the name, and hid it in so many families, stories, and songs, the true queen will never be found. We just use it these days to poke fun at the English!
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This is the name of my book character uwu.
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I'm Ida, I like this name and thinking of giving it to my little girl. We're strong, wooh, hard working, very creative, caring wooo. You just need to know one Ida to understand.
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Also Latvian:https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/sakums/statistika/personvardu-datu-baze/?id=137&query=Ida.
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In 2018, 83 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Ida who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 660th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
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My mum is Norwegian and she wanted to call me Ida (EE-da) which I really like but we lived in England and she didn’t like the Eye-da pronunciation that would be used in England. I think Eye-da sounds very old fashioned but Ee-da is very pretty.
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Name- Ida
■ Meaning - Earth; heaven; refreshment; Goddess of speech( Goddess Sarasvati) ;offerings; holy libation
■ Native script - इडा
■ Origin - Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi; Hinduism; Tamil; Telugu; Kannada; Malayalam.
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■ Meaning - Earth; heaven; refreshment; Goddess of speech( Goddess Sarasvati) ;offerings; holy libation
■ Native script - इडा
■ Origin - Sanskrit, Indian, Hindi; Hinduism; Tamil; Telugu; Kannada; Malayalam.
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The name Ida was given to 131 girls born in the US in 2016.
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I'm from Poland and my parents didn't know how to name me, they were looking in the calendar and found IDA. My grandmothers and aunts had a critical attitude to their idea but later I was quite liked as a girl. I was the only one everywhere, everybody remembered my name without repeating anymore (sometimes I introduced myself and after a while I was asked: okay, but what's your name). So far I haven't met any other Idas except this year during shopping some mother had around a 1 year old girl and she was talking to her: Ida, just a moment... I was very happy to meet a baby with my name. I haven't ever had any problems with any horrible nicknames at school. In Poland its pronounced i:da. Best wishes all Idas!
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Ida Josefin Peg Parnevik, better known as Peg Parnevik, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and television personality, known for starring in the Swedish reality show Parneviks. Parnevik was born in Stockholm to professional golfer Jesper Parnevik and his wife Mia. She has three younger siblings; Penny, Philippa, and Phoenix and was raised in Jupiter, Florida in the United States. Her paternal grandfather is Swedish impersonator Bosse Parnevik. She attended The Pine School in Hobe Sound. She spent her freshman year of college at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. She then briefly enrolled at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.
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Hungarian pronunciation: I-daw. [noted -ed]
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The name Ida was given to 159 girls born in the US in 2015.
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I think it's a nice name, but I hate the English pronunciation. The European pronunciation sounds like a noble, dignified woman, while the English one makes me think of a hillbilly. (The English pronunciation always sounded very American to me even though it's pronounced the same way in the UK and Australia.) I can see why the name is still popular in Europe but considered outdated in the English-speaking world.
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I believe it is a very elegant and sweet name suitable for both a girl and woman. I prefer the pronunciation of Ida here in Sweden (soft "EE-dah") over the English version though. It sounds quite dull and just wrong I'm afraid.
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Also Icelandic.
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I was born on my great aunt Id's birthday and my paternal grandmother was named Ida.
No one had honored her in naming one of her 11 grandchildren. My mother was pressured and she named me Ida. In my teen years I hated the name, all those named Debbie, Cindy, and Lisa sounded so classy. Now I am so proud of my old name. No one ever forgets my name and I hope it stays unpopular because I love it.
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No one had honored her in naming one of her 11 grandchildren. My mother was pressured and she named me Ida. In my teen years I hated the name, all those named Debbie, Cindy, and Lisa sounded so classy. Now I am so proud of my old name. No one ever forgets my name and I hope it stays unpopular because I love it.
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Eye-da
This name deserves more recognition.
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This name deserves more recognition.
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Ida is the main character in the game Monument Valley.
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I have a one year old named Ida! I love traditional names and I think it's a beautiful, pretty and simple one. I really hope it doesn't become fashionable, although we haven't met any others yet. It's interesting to see how many origins and pronunciations there seem to be.
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Eye-duh or I-duh was my Great Aunts name. I'm waiting for a comeback!
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Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist.
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I was named Ida Ruth in April of 1963 after the lovely aunt Ida that raised my father (as his mother Eunice died when he was 2 of TB) and my precious mother Ruth. Pronounced Eye dah, I always introduce myself like Idaho potatoes and have found nobody to ever forget my name once they have met me. I recently found the book "Little Ida’s Flowers"by Hans Christian Andersen (1835)and found it a splendid read. While everyone has likes and dislikes I enjoy the simplistic, eloquent, feminine, unique name that my father gave me for it is not so common that I am constantly confused with lots of folks.
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Ida Bell Wells-Barnett was a suffragette, anti-lynch campaigner, and worked for international social justice.
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"Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" (1903), is a song written by Eddie Leonard and composed by Eddie Munson. (Ida pronounced the English way, of course)
My Grandmother is Ida. When she was a kid, the boys would jokingly sing this song to her.
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My Grandmother is Ida. When she was a kid, the boys would jokingly sing this song to her.
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Despite it's popularity in Scandinavia, the name Ida was only given to 99 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
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This is also a Russian nickname for Zinaida, pronounced EE-da.
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This is a nice name that is due for revival in the US. I prefer the pronunciation eye-dah which is typically how it's said in English. EE-dah doesn't sound very flattering to me.
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Much prefer the English pronunciation "IE-duh" to "EE-dah". "EE-dah" is the ubiquitous pronunciation across Europe, whereas "IE-duh" is unique to English-speakers and has lots of quaint British charm.
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I really like this name, but I do not like the English pronunciation of Eye-duh. When it is pronounced Ee-duh, it is really pretty. Like some other poster said, it is sweet and simple but so pretty and beautiful.
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Not introduced by the Normans, but before the conquest Ida was a man's name in England. In fact an Ida was king of Bernicia.
In compound names it occurs in Idaburh, Idaberga, Idhild (f.) and Idesbeald, Idgerius (Idgar) and Idwine. The root survives in Icelandic iðja (work, activity), OE idig, idge, busy.
Idisburh however may represent OE ides, OS idis, OHG itis woman, matron (in OE a poetic word applied to women of mythic or legendary stature).
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In compound names it occurs in Idaburh, Idaberga, Idhild (f.) and Idesbeald, Idgerius (Idgar) and Idwine. The root survives in Icelandic iðja (work, activity), OE idig, idge, busy.
Idisburh however may represent OE ides, OS idis, OHG itis woman, matron (in OE a poetic word applied to women of mythic or legendary stature).
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Ida Straus was a first-class passenger on the RMS Titanic. She traveled with her husband Isidor, who was a businessman, and the two loved each other very much. When the Titanic started sinking, Ida refused to board the lifeboats and stayed with her husband on the ship. The couple died together.
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Ida could work as a middle name.
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"Little Ida's Flowers" is a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen who also wrote "The Little Mermaid" and "Thumbleina."
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Ida is a really old-fashioned name. It sounds very plain. Ada is a much better alternative.
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Idaho is my first and quick impression of this name. Better on a potato than on a person.
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I believe there is also a comet or meteor bearing the same name.
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A possible Finnish variant/pronunciation/nickname is Iita, but I suppose it's considered old-fashioned nowadays.
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There is an asteroid, in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, called Ida. I don't know why it was named Ida, but I believe it is one of the largest asteroids known. In pictures Ida looks like a huge potato :) This is funny to me, since potatoes are commonly grown in Idaho, a name which contains the name Ida. So now, whenever I hear the name Ida, I think of potatoes (and asteroids). I think it is a kind of cute name though.
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Also a feminine name in Croatia. [noted -ed]
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Ida is a Hindu goddess of the earth, abundant food, and nourishment. She is also the granter of any blessings evoked through her.
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From Edward Gorey's sick and twisted poem, The Gashlycrumb Tinies: "I is for Ida who drowned in a lake".
Ida is also the name of one of the girls from Katy Towell's Childrin R Skary website.
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Ida is also the name of one of the girls from Katy Towell's Childrin R Skary website.
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Ida Maria is a Norwegian rock singer.
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In Italy Ida was popular in the second half of the 19th century: it was the 6th most popular name in Rome in 1876. Today it is quite unfashionable.
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The Italian pronunciation is EE-dah. [noted -ed]
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It also means East in Estonian.
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Ida is a character in the books/movies about Emil of the Maple Hills (Swedish: Emil I Lönneberga) written by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.
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It's old-fashioned, but it's not old-fashioned in some ugly, awkward, or geeky way. The name is simple and cute enough, kind of like Ada. I'm just not quite sure how good this name is for actual adults. On the other hand, it's pronounced a bit like Aida, and I don't find that name too youthful. Still, this name makes me think of little girls from a couple of centuries back.
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Famous bearers:
Indian-Czech singer Ida Bittová-Kelarová
Czech photographer Ida Saudková
Polish actress Ida Kaminska
Slovak actress Ida Rapaičová
Czech actress Ida Sovová
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Indian-Czech singer Ida Bittová-Kelarová
Czech photographer Ida Saudková
Polish actress Ida Kaminska
Slovak actress Ida Rapaičová
Czech actress Ida Sovová
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Also used in the same form in Poland.
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The name was also borne by Ida B. Wells, an advocate of civil rights and women's rights who gained particular renown for her staunch opposition to lynching.
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Ida Lupino was a movie star in the 20's and 30's.
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Ida is the name of a novel by Gertrude Stein, and a character in it.
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Ida B was the main character in the book, Ida B.
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In Spanish, it is most commonly said ee-th-a. I know because it was my great-grandmother's name.
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Sorry to say, but your great-grandmother mispronounced her name. In Spanish Ida is prnounced EE-dah, and only EE-dah.
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Ida is the name of the 14-year-old girl and main character in Avi's award-winning children's book The Secret School. The book is an inspiring story of a headstrong girl determined to control her own destiny.
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Pronounced EE-dah in Germany. [noted -ed]
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Ida Brown Wright was a good friend of the authoress Laura Ingalls Wilder. The adopted daughter of a reverend and his wife, Laura and Ida were friends when they lived in De Smet, South Dakota. Ida appears as a character in the books The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, and These Happy Golden Years.
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Another possible theory for the origin of this name is connected to the namedays listed here. In the ancient Roman calendar the Idae marked the 15th or the 13th day of every month. So every Ida can choose her own name day or celebrate every month. I personally always forget to do it.
In Bulgarian there is a verb that sounds the same way and means "I am coming" and in Spanish there is a noun meaning "going, departure".
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In Bulgarian there is a verb that sounds the same way and means "I am coming" and in Spanish there is a noun meaning "going, departure".
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Ida may originally mean "work", but that´s not the reason why it's so popular in Scandinavia, especially Sweden. Swedes tends to like giving their girls simple, delicate and feminine names but yet with some sparkle. They are often very short, like "Ida", to be concrete and simplisive. It's because we like the sophistication of the simplisivity, like a small, natural flower that may not be so voluptous, but means the strongest sense of love for it´s beholder, when you discover it's beauty after the long, cold winter. Sort of. :) Ida therefore means like "naturally sweet, true and special person" sort of. Also it's a name of one of the characters in folk writer Astrid Lindgrens stories.
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The pronunciation of this name is ee-dah in all languages except English.
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I don't really like Ida, it's not the worst name but not a good name in my opinion.