# Ida
## English
### Etymology 1

Short form of obsolete names beginning with Germanic īd "work", used for both sexes in medieval England. It was revived in the 19th century, partly mistaken for a Greek name, for the Mount Ida of classical mythology.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaɪdə/

#### Proper noun

Ida
* A female given name from the Germanic languages.
** 1809, Sydney Owenson, Woman, or, Ida of Athens, page 127:"Ida!!!" "It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos." Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida".
** 1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Compact Books, published 1993, →ISBN, page 16:That's what they called me," she said. "My real name's Ida." The old and vulgarised Grecian name recovered a little dignity
** 2002, Joyce Carol Oates, I'l Take You There, Fourth Estate, published 2003, →ISBN, page 18:"Ida" - the name was magical to me. In whispers, in the dark. Beneath bedcovers. Forehead pressed to a windowpane coated with frost. "Ida". What a strange, beautiful name: I could not say it often enough: it was easy to confuse "Ida" with "I" - - -

##### Usage notes

* Fairly common given name in the 19th century, but rare in the English-speaking world today.

##### Related terms

* Ide

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Two possible origins:
* Borrowed from Japanese 井田 (Ida, “rice paddy by the well”).
* Matronymic surname from the female given name Ida.

#### Proper noun

Ida (plural Idas)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Ida is the 41038th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Ida is most common among White (51.98%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (40.3%) individuals.

#### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ida”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224.

### Etymology 3

From Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

#### Proper noun

Ida
* (Greek mythology) Name of two sacred mountains situated in present-day Turkey and Crete, also called Mount Ida.

##### Derived terms

* Ida County
* Ida Grove
* Idean
* Mount Ida

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Slovak Ida.

#### Proper noun

Ida
* A river in eastern Slovakia.

### Anagrams

* Dia, IAD, Adi, dia-, -iad, Dai, DIA, AID, DAI, dai, aid

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɪda]

### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name, equivalent to German Ida

#### Declension
## Danish
### Etymology

From German Ida.

### Proper noun

Ida
* a female given name
** 1835, Hans Christian Andersen, translated by Little Ida's Flowers, Den lille Idas blomster:"Mine stakkels blomster er ganske døde!" sagte den lille Ida."My poor flowers, you are wither'd!" said little Ida.

#### Usage notes

* Popular in the 19th century and recently back in fashion.
* H.C. Andersen's Little Ida (see the quotation) was actually named Adelaide Brun.

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 22 062 females with the given name Ida have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.daː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Ida

### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Ida: Iduson
* daughter of Ida: Idudóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Etymology

Name of early female saints, shortened from compound given names beginning with Germanic element Ida-, Idu-. The meaning is debated, possibly cognate with the Old Norse ið (“work”), or related to the goddess Iðunn. Since its revival in the 19th century also used as a diminutive of Adelaide.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ida
* a female given name

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin. See German Ida.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈidɒ]
* Hyphenation: Ida
* Rhymes: -dɒ

### Proper noun

Ida
* a female given name

#### Declension
## Igala
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /í.dá/

### Proper noun

Ídá
* Idah (a city in Nigeria), the capital city of the Ígáláà people
* (historical) the capital of the Igala Kingdom

#### Descendants

* English: Idah

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.da/
* Rhymes: -ida
* Hyphenation: Ì‧da

### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name, equivalent to German Ida

### Anagrams

* adì, dai, dia

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Īdē

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈiː.da/, [ˈiːd̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.da/, [ˈiːd̪ä]

### Proper noun

Īda f sg (genitive Īdae); first declension
* A mountain of Crete, where Jupiter was hidden by his mother
* A mountain situated near Troy

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Related terms

* Īdaeus

### References

* “Ida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Ida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Ida”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Norwegian
### Etymology

From German Ida. First recorded in Norway in 1660, but not in general use before the 19th century.

### Proper noun

Ida
* a female given name

#### Usage notes

* Popular in the 19th century and once again today. The most common name of girls born in Norway in the 1990s.

### References

* Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 17 273 females with the given name Ida living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak around 1990. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

## Old English
### Proper noun

Ida m
* a male given name
* Ida of Bernicia
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    An. DCCXXXI Hēr wæs Ōsrīc ofsleġen, Norðanhymbra cyning, ⁊ feng Ċēolwulf to þām rīċe ⁊ heold VIII ġēr. ⁊ sē Ċēolwulf wæs Cūþing, Cūþa Cūðwining, Cūðwine Lēodwalding, Lēodwald Eċġwalding, Eċġwald Ealdhelming, Ealdhelm Ocing, Ocea Iding, Ida Eopping. ⁊ Brihtwald arċebisċeop ġefōr ⁊ and þȳ ilcan ġēare wæs Tatwine ġehālgod tō arċebisċeope.Year 731 In this year Osric, king of the Northumbrians, was slain, and Ceolwulf ascended to the throne and held it for eight years. Ceolwulf was son of Cutha, Cutha son of Cuthwine, Cuthwine son of Leodwald, Leodwald son of Edgewald, Edgewald son of Ealdhelm, Ealdhelm son of Ocea, Ocea son of Ida, [and] Ida son of Eoppa. And in the same year Archbishop Brightwald died and Tatwine was ordained as archbishop.

#### Derived terms

* Iding

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈi.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ida
* Syllabification: I‧da
* Homophone: -ida

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Ida.

#### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name from German, equivalent to English Ida

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

#### Proper noun

Ida f
* (Greek mythology) Ida, Ide (one of the nurses of the infant Zeus on Crete)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Ida in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Ida in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈi.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈi.dɐ/ [ˈi.ðɐ]
* Homophone: ida

### Proper noun

Ida f
* a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Ida

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈida]

### Proper noun

Ida f (genitive singular Idy, nominative plural Idy, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Ida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

From German Ida. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1351, but not in general use before the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ida c (genitive Idas)
* a female given name

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 005 females with the given name Ida living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with frequency peaks in the 19th century and in the 2000s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.