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Aida

(name)


Aida
Gender Female
Meaning Moonlight, Helper, Distinguished, Reward
Origin French, Egyptian, Italian, Latin, African
Wikipedia articles All pages beginning with Aida

Aida (pronounced ['ɑ‿ɪɖɐ]) is female given name. Variants of name are: Ada, Aeeda, Aide, Aidee, Ade, Ayeeda, Ieeda and Iyeeda.[1]

Name day is on August 31 in memory of Saint Aidano (in Italy?)[2] and on July 28 (and on January 2 too?) in Poland.[3]

There are 34 496 people named Aida in The United States.[4]

Origin and meaning

It is name of Spanish origin meaning moonlight or light of the moon.[5]

Or it is name of French origin meaning helper.[6]

Or it is of Egyptian origin[7] derived probably from an alteration of the Egyptian name Iiti.[8]

Sometimes it is mentioned as name of Italian origin.[9][10]

Sometimes it is mentioned as name of Latin origin meaning distinguished or helpful.[11]

It is mentioned as a name of African origin meaning reward. [12] (In Igbo "Ada" it means daughter, while in Yoruba "Ade" means royal one)

Scripts

Arabic script:[13] عائدة in Arabic meaning reward or present.[14]

For Chinese transcription see [2].

Note

Aida is name of an Ethiopian princess in opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi.

Aida (間) can be a Japanese name.

Notable people named Aida

References

  1. ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
  2. ^ http://italian.about.com/library/name/blname_aida.htm
  3. ^ Polish wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
  4. ^ http://howmanyofme.com/search/ February 2 2007
  5. ^ German wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
  6. ^ http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Aida.html
  7. ^ German wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
  8. ^ http://italian.about.com/library/name/blname_aida.htm
  9. ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
  10. ^ http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?id=722
  11. ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
  12. ^ [1]
  13. ^ http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=aida
  14. ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida

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