Meaning unknown, possibly "virgin" in Phoenician. Dido, also called Elissa, was the queen of Carthage in Virgil 's 'Aeneid'. She burned herself to death when Aeneas left her. Dido most likely originates in Phoenician and the meaning is unclear. According to ancient Roman and Greek sources, she was the founder of Carthage, a Phoenician civilization, and also its first Queen. In the English-speaking countries it was popularized by the English musician Dido.
