Aida (name)
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| Adia | |
| Gender: | Female |
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| Origin: | French, Egyptian, Italian, Latin, African |
| Meaning: | "Moonlight" "Helper" "Distinguished" "Reward" |
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Aida (pronounced ['ɑ‿ɪɖɐ]) is female given name. Variants of name are: Aeeda, Aide, Aidee, 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]
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[edit] 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 mentined as name of African origin meaning reward too.[12]
[edit] Scripts
Arabic script:[13] عائدة in Arabic meaning reward or present.[14]
For Chinese transciption see [2].
[edit] Note
Aida is name of an Ethiopian princess in opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi.
Aida (間) can be a Japanese name.
[edit] Notable people named Aida
- Aída Álvarez (1950) - Puerto Rican politician and journalist
- Aida Turturro (1962) - American actress
- Aida Yespica (1982) - Venezuelan beauty queen
- actresses named Aida
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
- ^ http://italian.about.com/library/name/blname_aida.htm
- ^ Polish wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
- ^ http://howmanyofme.com/search/ February 2 2007
- ^ German wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
- ^ http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Aida.html
- ^ German wikipedia. Aida February 2nd 2007
- ^ http://italian.about.com/library/name/blname_aida.htm
- ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
- ^ http://www.babynames.com/Names/name_display.php?id=722
- ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=aida
- ^ http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Aida
