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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 飯田 (Īda).
Proper noun
Iida (plural Iidas)
- A surname from Japanese.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Iida is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Iida is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (76.19%) and Mixed Race (11.49%) individuals.
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
19th century phonetic rendering of Swedish (and German, etc.) Ida.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Iida
- a female given name
1910, Maiju Lassila, Tulitikkuja lainaamassa, Gummerus, published 2001, →ISBN, page 42:"Iidako se on tämän Variksen akan nimi?"
"Iidaksihan ne tätä papin mukaan haukkuvat, vaikka olisihan se näin mökkiläisen akan nimeksi välttänyt paljas Maijakin tahi vaikka Suso", mukasi Varis.- Iida is what that Varis's woman was called?
"Well, Iida is what the priest wrote as her name and that's how they call her names, even if that kind of rural woman could've been called Maija or even Suso", Varis blustered.
Declension
Statistics
- Iida is the 79th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,713 female individuals (and as a middle name to 7,730 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.