Ida (given name)
Ida is a given name occurring independently in several cultures.
In Western Europe and elsewhere
| Ida |
| Gender |
Female |
| Origin |
| Word/Name |
Ancient Germanic |
| Meaning |
work, labour |
| Other names |
| Derived |
Old Norse 'ið' meaning 'deed' or 'action' |
| Related names |
Iida, Idella |
Ida is a female name derived from a Germanic word id, meaning "labor, work."[1] Alternately, it may be related to the name of the Old Norse goddes Iðunn, which means 'deed' or 'action'. It is a currently popular name in Scandinavia and is among the top 10 names given to girls born in 2009 in both Denmark and Norway. Its name day is on February 16 in Slovakia, March 15 in the Czech Republic, on September 4 in Germany, Norway and Poland, on September 14 in Sweden and Finland. It is also a Yiddish female name and an Old English masculine name, derived from the same Germanic root.[2][3]
| Ida |
| Gender |
Female |
| Other names |
| Derived |
Old English, meaning 'work' or 'labour' |
- Ida Henriette da Fonseca (1802-1858), Danish opera singer
- Ida Jenshus (b. 1987), Norwegian musician
- Ida Ljungqvist (b. 1981), Tanzanian-Swedish model, winner of Playmate of the year 2009
- Ida Lupino (1918-1995), English-American actress and film director
- Ida Göthilda Nilsson (1840-1920), Swedish sculptor
- Ida Nodel (born 1931), Russian-born Israeli refusenik
- Ida Rubinstein (1885-1960), Russian ballet dancer
- Ida Saxton (1847-1907), wife of President William McKinley
- Ida M. Tarbell (1857-1944), journalist of the American progressive era
- Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), African American journalist, editor and early civil rights activist
- Ida Marie Lipsius, German writer
- Saint Ita (also known as Ida) (d. 570/577), Irish nun
- Darwinius, fossil nicknamed "Ida"
Fictional
In Greek mythology
- Ida, daughter of Corybas and mother of Minos
- Ida or Ide, the nymph of mount Ida and one of the nurses of Zeus
In Indian culture
References
- ^ http://www.behindthename.com/name/ida
- ^ A World of Baby Names By Teresa Norman Edition: revised Published by Perigee, 2003 ISBN 0-399-52894-6, 978-0-399-52894-1
- ^ The manyfacèd glass: Tennyson's dramatic monologues By Linda K. Hughes Edition: 2 Published by Ohio University Press, 1987 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized 13 Mar 2008 ISBN 0-8214-0853-4, 978-0-8214-0853-7