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Can also be spelled Aida.

Personal experiences with the name Ida

In high school, I had a friend named Ida Gail.

I have a friend called Ida :)

Nicknames for Ida

POSITIVE OR NEUTRAL:
Ida ( Nook )
I.D.
Ider (from the song Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider)
Id (id, ego, superego)

NEGATIVE:
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