Ida
[ˈiːdə]Meaning
from the Germanic element id, possibly meaning "work, labour"
Background Story
The name derives from the Germanic element id, possibly meaning "work, labour". The Normans brought it to England, where it died out in the Middle Ages before being strongly revived in the 19th century, in part because of the heroine of Alfred Tennyson's poem The Princess (1847), later adapted into the play Princess Ida (1884) by Gilbert and Sullivan. The unrelated name of the Cretan mountain where Greek myth places Zeus's birth is also Ida.
Temperament
Variations
Ida, Idel, Ida
Related Names
Ilsa
Variant of Ilse
Irmina
Diminutive of Irma
Adaliz
Adalyn
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Ama
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Amalia
Short form of Germanic names beginning with amal, "unceasing, vigorous, brave"
Annelie
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Elma
Short form of Wilhelmine and of names ending in -elma, such as Anselma
Emma
Short form of Germanic names beginning with irmin, "whole" or "great"
Eve
From Hebrew Ḥawwa, derived from ḥawa "to breathe" or ḥaya "to live"