Ida

See also: ida, idä, idą, iða, Iða, -ida, and I'da

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^(key): /ˈaɪdə/

Proper noun

Ida

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 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, 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, 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

female given name

• Czech: Ida (cs) f
• Danish: Ida (da)
• Finnish: Iida (fi)
• German: Ida (de)
• Japanese: アイダ (Aida)
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• Korean: 아이다 (Aida)
• Norwegian: Ida (no)
• Polish: Ida (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ida f
• Swedish: Ida (sv)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Proper noun

Ida

1. (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

Further reading

Mount Ida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Ida

1. A river in eastern Slovakia.

Anagrams

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪda]

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name, equivalent to German Ida.

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Danish

Etymology

From German Ida.

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name.
   • 1835 Hans Christian Andersen, Den lille Idas blomster (tr. Little Ida's Flowers):

     "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

• [1] 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.

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Faroese

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Ida: Iduson
• daughter of Ida: Idudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ida
Accusative	Idu
Dative	Idu
Genitive	Idu

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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”). Since its revival in the 19th century also used as a diminutive of Adelaide.

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name.

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Hungarian

Etymology

Of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈidɒ]
• Hyphenation: Ida

Proper noun

Ida

1. a female given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Ida	Idák
accusative	Idát	Idákat
dative	Idának	Idáknak
instrumental	Idával	Idákkal
causal-final	Idáért	Idákért
translative	Idává	Idákká
terminative	Idáig	Idákig
essive-formal	Idaként	Idákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Idában	Idákban
superessive	Idán	Idákon
adessive	Idánál	Idáknál
illative	Idába	Idákba
sublative	Idára	Idákra
allative	Idához	Idákhoz
elative	Idából	Idákból
delative	Idáról	Idákról
ablative	Idától	Idáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Idáé	Idáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Idáéi	Idákéi

Possessive forms of Ida
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Idám	Idáim
2nd person sing.	Idád	Idáid
3rd person sing.	Idája	Idái
1st person plural	Idánk	Idáink
2nd person plural	Idátok	Idáitok
3rd person plural	Idájuk	Idáik

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Italian

Proper noun

Ida ?

1. a female given name, equivalent to German Ida.

Anagrams

• adì, dai, dia

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Īdē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴδη (Ídē).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Īda f sg (genitive Īdae); first declension

1. A mountain of Crete, where Jupiter was hidden by his mother
2. A mountain situated near Troy

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īda
Genitive	Īdae
Dative	Īdae
Accusative	Īdam
Ablative	Īdā
Vocative	Īda

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

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Norwegian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ida

1. 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
• [2] 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.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.dɐ/
• Homophone: ida

Proper noun

Ida f

1. a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Ida

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈida/

Proper noun

Ida f (genitive singular Idy, nominative plural Idy, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Ida

	singular	plural
nominative	Ida	Idy
genitive	Idy	Íd
dative	Ide	Idám
accusative	Idu	Idy
locative	Ide	Idách
instrumental	Idou	Idami

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, 2024

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ida c (genitive Idas)

1. a female given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] 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.