Ida

English

Etymology 1

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪdə/

Proper noun

Ida

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1809, Sydney Owenson, Woman, or, Ida of Athens, page 127:

     "Ida!!!"
     "It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos."
     Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida".

   • 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Compact Books, published 1993, →ISBN, page 16:

     That's what they called me," she said. "My real name's Ida." The old and vulgarised Grecian name recovered a little dignity

   • 2002, Joyce Carol Oates, I'l Take You There, Fourth Estate, published 2003, →ISBN, page 18:

     "Ida" - the name was magical to me. In whispers, in the dark. Beneath bedcovers. Forehead pressed to a windowpane coated with frost. "Ida". What a strange, beautiful name: I could not say it often enough: it was easy to confuse "Ida" with "I" - - -

Usage notes

• Fairly common given name in the 19th century, but rare in the English-speaking world today.

Related terms

• Ide

Translations

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ida (surname)

Wikipedia

Two possible origins:

• Borrowed from Japanese 井田 (Ida, “rice paddy by the well”).
• Matronymic surname from the female given name Ida.

Proper noun

Ida (plural Idas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ida is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Ida is most common among White (51.98%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (40.3%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ida”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.

Etymology 3

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Mount Ida

Wikipedia

From Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Proper noun

Ida

1. (Greek mythology) Name of two sacred mountains situated in present-day Turkey and Crete, also called Mount Ida.

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Slovak Ida.

Proper noun

Ida

1. A river in eastern Slovakia.

Anagrams

• -iad, AID, Adi, DIA, Dai, Dia, IAD, aid, dai, dia-

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Ida

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name, equivalent to German Ida

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From German Ida.

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name
   • 1835, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Little Ida's Flowers, Den lille Idas blomster:

     "Mine stakkels blomster er ganske døde!" sagte den lille Ida.

     "My poor flowers, you are wither'd!" said little Ida.

Usage notes

• Popular in the 19th century and recently back in fashion.
• H.C. Andersen's Little Ida (see the quotation) was actually named Adelaide Brun.

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 062 females with the given name Ida have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.daː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ida

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Ida: Iduson
• daughter of Ida: Idudóttir

Declension

German

Etymology

Name of early female saints, shortened from compound given names beginning with Germanic element Ida-, Idu-. The meaning is debated, possibly cognate with the Old Norse ið (“work”), or related to the goddess Iðunn. Since its revival in the 19th century also used as a diminutive of Adelaide.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name

Hungarian

Hungarian Wikipedia has an article on:

Ida

Wikipedia ^hu

Etymology

Of Germanic origin. See German Ida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Ida
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name

Declension

Igala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /í.dá/

Proper noun

Ídá

1. Idah (a city in Nigeria), the capital city of the Ígáláà people
2. (historical) the capital of the Igala Kingdom

Descendants

• English: Idah

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: Ì‧da

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name, equivalent to German Ida

Anagrams

• adì, dai, dia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Īdē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.da/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.da/,

Proper noun

Īda f sg (genitive Īdae); first declension

1. A mountain of Crete, where Jupiter was hidden by his mother
2. A mountain situated near Troy

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Related terms

• Īdaeus

References

• “Ida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ida”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian

Etymology

From German Ida. First recorded in Norway in 1660, but not in general use before the 19th century.

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name

Usage notes

• Popular in the 19th century and once again today. The most common name of girls born in Norway in the 1990s.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 273 females with the given name Ida living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1990. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Ida

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.da/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: I‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ida.

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name from German, equivalent to English Ida

Declension

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Proper noun

Ida f

1. (Greek mythology) Ida, Ide (one of the nurses of the infant Zeus on Crete)

Declension

Further reading

• Ida in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Homophone: ida

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Ida

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Ida f (genitive singular Idy, nominative plural Idy, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

Declension

Further reading

• “Ida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

From German Ida. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1351, but not in general use before the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Ida c (genitive Idas)

1. a female given name

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 005 females with the given name Ida living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.