Ida Name Meaning & Origin
Ida
Origin of the name Ida:
Of Germanic origin, Ida is derived from the element īd (work, labor). The name, introduced to England by the Normans, died out toward the end of the 14th century, but was revived in the 19th century.
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Ida ( Nook )
I.D.
Ider (from the song Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider)
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Idaho - Idaho potato
Ore-Ida (brand of potatoes)- Meanings and history of the name Ida
From Old High German, meaning "work, labor"
Meaning "Industrious One". in German.
From the old Irish "Íte" meaning "Thirst for holiness." Íte ingen Chinn Fhalad (d. 570/577),1 also known as Ita, Ida or Ides, was an early Irish nun and patron saint of Killeedy (Cluain Credhail). She was known as the "foster mother of the saints of Erin" which included Saint Brendan the Navigator.- Famous real-life people named Ida
Ida Tarbell, American journalist and reformer
Ida Saxton McKinley, First Lady and wife of William McKinley
Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballerina
Ida Lupino, English actress and director
Ida Ljungqvist, Swedish-Tanzanian model
Ida B. Wells, political journalist during Reconstruction
Ida Fuller Pierce, one of 5 founders of Sigma Kappa Sorority
Ida (Íte) ingen Chinn Fhalad 480-570 AD -early Irish nun and patron saint of Killeedy- Ida in song, story & screen
"Ida B." is the title of a children's chapter book by Katherine Hannigan.
"Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider", popular song of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Princess Ida, heroine of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic opera by the same name.
Mt. Ida, home of the gods in Greek mythology.
Ida, girl protagonist of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, "Little Ida's Flowers".
Ida, princess & protagonist of award-winning, minimalistic graphic computer game, "Monument Valley".
Ida is the sister in Astrid Lindgren's protagonist "Emil of Lönneberga".
Christmas with Ida Early by Robert J. Burch