Ida (given name)

Ida is a first name. Frequently, the use as a female first name. In individual cases was / is Ida but even a male first name.

Meaning, Origin and distribution

Ida is a short form for names that start with Ida or with Idu how Iduberga ( a saint Iduberga is the patron saint of pregnant women). Furthermore Ida comes from the Old High German syllable id, which translates as "Work, work" means. The name in the Middle Ages was a very popular first name, later become rarer, then revived by the Knights seal. Especially in the age groups from 1880 to 1920 the name was often awarded in Germany again. In Scandinavia, Ida counts but still among the most popular female name.

Name-day

Famous names winners

  • Ida (Essen), Abbess of Essen in the 10th century
  • Ida (St. Maria im Kapitol ) ( † 1060 ), Abbess of St. Maria im Kapitol Cologne pin
  • Ida Auken (born 1978 ), Danish theologian and politician
  • Ida Bjørndalen ( b. 1983 ), Norwegian Women's Handball
  • Bobach Ida (* 1991), Danish orienteer
  • Ida of Bodelschwinghstraße (1835-1894), wife and assistant of Friedrich von Bodelschwinghstraße build the Bodelschwinghschen Foundation Bethel
  • Ida of Boulogne (1160-1216), French countess of Boulogne
  • Ida Corr ( born 1977 ), Danish singer with Gambian roots
  • Ida Dehmel (1870-1942), poet and women's rights activist
  • Ida Ehre (1900-1989), actress, director and theater director
  • Ida Friederike Gorres (1901-1971), German writer
  • Ida Hahn -Hahn (1805-1880), German writer, poet and founder of the order
  • Ida Ingemars yolk ( born 1985 ), Swedish cross-country skier
  • Ida James, American singer and actress
  • Ida Kaminska (1899-1980), Polish- Jewish actress
  • Ida Kerkovius (1879-1970), German painter
  • Ida Lupino (1914-1995), British actress, director, producer and writer
  • Ida Marie Lipsius (1837-1927), German music writer
  • Ida Mett (1901-1973), Russian revolutionary and communist anarchist
  • Ida Noddack - Tacke (1896-1978), German chemist
  • Ida Ospelt Amann (1899-1996), Liechtenstein dialect poet
  • Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858), Austrian travel writer
  • Ita Rina (1907-1979) orig. Ida Kravanja, Yugoslav / Slovenian film actress
  • Ida of Saxe- Meiningen (1794-1852), Princess of Saxe- Meiningen and by marriage Princess of Saxe -Weimar -Eisenach
  • Ida Creator ( born 1929 ), Swiss alpine skier
  • Ida soul (1825-1901), first Froebel kindergarten teacher in the world
  • Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), American journalist and civil society and women 's rights activist

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Ida of Bernicia († 559 ), King of Bernicia
  • Anak Agung Gde Agung Ida (1921-1999), Indonesian politicians
Itta Ida Bobach Ida Ingemarsdotter Ida Laura Pfeiffer Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen Ida Anak Agung Gde Agung
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