Ida

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Czech 2.1 Proper noun 3 Danish 3.1 Proper noun 4 German 4.1 Proper noun 5 Norwegian 5.1 Proper noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Proper noun

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[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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Singular Ida

Plural -

Ida

1. 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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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: Adi
• aid, AID
• Dai
• DIA
• IAD

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Ida f.

1. A female given name, cognate to Ida.

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Ida

1. A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and recently back in fashion.

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[edit] German

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Ida

1. A female given name, cognate to English Ida, revived in the 19th century and back in fashion since the end of the 20th century.

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[edit] Norwegian

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Ida

1. A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and once again today.

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[edit] Swedish

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Ida

1. A female given name of German origin, popular in the 19th century and today.