Alda

See also: alda and alda-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Alda, a habitational surname from Basque. Borrowed also from Oriya ଆଲଡା (alôḍa).

Proper noun

Alda (plural Aldas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Alda is the 119508^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 145 individuals. Alda is most common among White (42.76%), Asian/Pacific Islander (35.86%) and Hispanic/Latino (13.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Alda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 20.

Anagrams

• Adal, Lada, daal, dala

Faroese

Proper noun

Alda f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Alda: Alduson
• daughter of Alda: Aldudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Alda
Accusative	Aldu
Dative	Aldu
Genitive	Aldu

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalta/

  Rhymes: -alta

  Homophone: alda

Proper noun

Alda f

1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Alda

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	Alda	Aldan	Öldur	Öldurnar
accusative	Öldu	Ölduna	Öldur	Öldurnar
dative	Öldu	Öldunni	Öldum	Öldunum
genitive	Öldu	Öldunnar	Alda	Aldanna

Italian

Proper noun

Alda f

1. a female given name

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.dɑ/, [ˈɑɫ.dɑ]

Proper noun

Alda m

1. a male given name

Old Saxon

Proper noun

Alda

1. a female given name

References

1. Dr. Heyne, Mortiz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 2.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.dɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.dɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.dɐ/ [ˈaʊ̯.dɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.da/ [ˈaʊ̯.da]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈal.dɐ/ [ˈaɫ.dɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -aldɐ, (Brazil) -awdɐ
• Hyphenation: Al‧da

Proper noun

Alda f (plural Aldas)

1. a female given name

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Alda.