Ida
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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. In continental Europe it has also been used as a pet form of Adelaide.
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Ida
- A female given name fairly popular around 1900, but rare today.
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- 1809 Sydney Owenson, Woman, or, Ida of Athens, p.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 1993, ISBN 0749317256, 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 2003, ISBN 0007146442, 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" - - -
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female given name
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[edit] Czech
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Ida f.
- A female given name, cognate to Ida.
[edit] Danish
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Ida
- A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and recently back in fashion.
[edit] German
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Ida
- A female given name, cognate to English Ida, revived in the 19th century and back in fashion since the end of the 20th century.
[edit] Norwegian
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Ida
- A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and once again today.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Proper noun
Ida
- A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and today.
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