Ida name - Meaning of Ida
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Ancient Germanic
- Pronounced
- IE-də (English) , EE-dah (German, Danish, Dutch, Italian)
- Ida Meaning
- Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour". The Normans brought this name to England, though it eventually died out there in the Middle Ages. It was strongly revived in the 19th century, in part due to the heroine in Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem 'The Princess' (1847), which was later adapted into the play 'Princess Ida' (1884) by Gilbert and Sullivan. Though the etymology is unrelated, this is the name of a mountain on the island of Crete where, according to Greek myth, the god Zeus was born. Ida originates in Germanic languages and means "hardworking woman". In Greek mythology, Ida was a nymph of mount Ida and a nurse of Zeus. It was also the name of an 11th century saint, as well as a Hindu goddess of the earth, food and nourishment. As a feminine given name nowadays it is mainly popular in Scandinavian countries.
Ida Related Names
Variant:, Idella
Diminutives: Idella, Idelle (English)
Other Languages: Iida (Finnish)
Ida Celebrities
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