Aida (given name)

Aida (given name)
Aida or Aïda is a female given name. Variants include: Aidda, Ada, Aeeda, Aída, Aide, Aidee, Ade, Ajda, Ayeda, Ayeeda, Ayida, Ida, Ieeda, Ieda, Ieta and Iyeeda.
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The name was used by Auguste Mariette for his sketch of the plot which Giuseppe Verdi later used for his opera of the same title, Aida. In the Italian opera, Aida is an Ethiopian princess. Mariette claimed that the name was authentically Egyptian, writing in a letter "Don't be alarmed by the title. Aida is an Egyptian name. Normally it would be Aita. But that name would be too harsh, and the singers would irresistibly soften it to Aida." It may be derived from a name recorded on the Rosetta Stone.
Unrelated to this origin, the Italian meaning for Aida is "Happy". "Aida" is also sometimes traced to other African languages. Aida (相田) is also a Japanese surname.
Notable people named Aida
Aída Álvarez (born 1950), Puerto Rican politician and journalist
Aida el Ayoubi (born 1961), Egyptian singer
Aida Badić (born 1986), Croatian artistic gymnast
Aida Bamia, professor emeritus of Arabic language and literature at the University of Florida in Gainesville
Aida Baraku (born 1971), Albanian Kosovar singer, composer, journalist and television producer
Aida Begić (born 1976), Bosnian film director and screenwriter
Aida Chalhoub (born 1951), Lebanese singer
Aida Čorbadžić (born 1976), Bosnian opera singer
Aida Cuevas (born 1963), Mexican ranchera music singer and actress
Aida Delgado-Colon (born 1955), chief United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico
Aida Desta (1927–2013), eldest granddaughter of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
Aïda Mady Diallo, French-born Malian novelist and director
Aida Diestro (1924–1973), Cuban pianist and director of the vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida
Aida Edemariam, Ethiopian-Canadian journalist based in the UK
Aida Karina Estrada (born 1987), Guatemalan beauty pageant winner
Aida Fariscal (born 1940), Filipino police officer
Aida Folch (born 1986), Catalan Spanish actress
Aida Fustuq, Lebanese former wife of Saudi ruler King Abdullah
Aída García Naranjo (born 1951), Peruvian educator, singer, and politician
Aida Garifullina (born 1987), Russian opera singer
Aida González (born 1962), Panamanian writer and doctor
Aida Hadzialic (born 1987), Swedish politician
Aida Imanguliyeva (1939–1992), Azerbaijani academic
Aida Jordão, Portuguese-Canadian playwright
Aida El-Khadra, American particle physicist
Aida El-Kashef (born 1988), feminist Egyptian film-maker, actress and director
Aída Kemelmajer (born 1945), Argentine jurist
Aida Mahmudova (born 1982), Azerbaijan artist
Aida Mbodj (born 1955), Senegalese politician, Vice-President of the National Assembly of Senegal
Aida Mohamed (born 1976), Hungarian foil fencer
Aida Mohammadkhani (born 1987), Iranian actress
Aida Mollenkamp (born 1980), American chef and TV personality
Aida Muluneh (born 1974), photographer
Aida Najjar (1938–2020), Palestinian-Jordanian writer
Aida Navarro (born 1937), Venezuelan mezzo-soprano
Aida Nikolaychuk (born 1982), Ukrainian pop singer and model
Aida Nuño Palacio (born 1983), Spanish female cyclo-cross cyclist
Aida Reyna (born 1950), Peruvian volleyball player
Aida Rodriguez (born 1977), American comedian, actress, producer and writer
Aïda Ruilova (born 1974), American contemporary artist
Aida Shanayeva (born 1986), Russian foil fencer
Aida Steshenko (born 1968), Turkmen table tennis player
Aida Toledo (born 1952), Guatemalan poet, short story writer, non-fiction writer and educator
Aida Tomescu (born 1955), Australian painter
Aida Touma-Suleiman (born 1964), Israeli Arab journalist and politician
Aida Turturro (born 1962), American actress
Aida Vedishcheva (born 1941), Soviet and Russian singer of Jewish descent
Aida Overton Walker (1880–1914), American vaudeville performer, actress, singer, dancer and choreographer
Aida Ward (1900–1984), American jazz singer
Aida Woolf (1886–1967), British dress designer
Aída Yéspica (born 1982), Venezuelan beauty pageant
References
Spanish feminine given names
Feminine given names