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Aida or Aïda (pronounced /ɑːˈiːdə/) is female given name. Variants are: Ada, Aeeda, Aide, Aidee, Ade, Ajda, Ayeeda, Ieeda and Iyeeda.^[1] The name is derived from the Arabic name "Aida" "عايدة" or "عائدة" in formal Arabic.

Variants

The name was used by Auguste Mariette for his sketch of the plot which Giuseppe Verdi later used for his opera of the same title, Aida. In the opera, Aida is the name of an Ethiopian princess. Mariette claimed that the name was authentically Egyptian, writing in a letter "Don't be alarmed by the title. Aida is an Egyptian name. Normally it would be Aita. But that name would be too harsh, and the singers would irresistibly soften it to Aida."^[2] It may be derived from a name recorded on the Rosetta Stone.^[2]

Unrelated to this origin, the Italian name meaning for 'Aida' is "Happy". 'Aida' is also sometimes traced to African languages; in Igbo Ada means "first daughter", and in Yoruba ade means "royal one". Aida (相田) is also a Japanese surname, meaning "runs across the field".

Notable people named Aida

• Aída Álvarez (born 1950), Puerto Rican politician and journalist
• Aida Turturro (born 1962), American actress
• Aida Yespica (born 1982), Venezuelan beauty queen
• Aida Mollenkamp (born c. 1978 or 1979), American Chef and Food Network personality
• Aida El-Ayoubi (born 1961) Egyptian singer

References

1. ^ Baby Name Aida - Origin and Meaning of Aida
2. ^ ^{a b} Jon SOLOMON The Rosetta Stone, Ptolemaic Aetos, and Aida

External links

• http://www.babynames.com/name/aida