Ida (first name)
Ida is a first name. It is often used as a female first name. In individual cases, Ida was / is also a male first name.
Meaning, origin and distribution
Ida is a short form of names that begin with Ida or Idu, such as Iduberga (a saint Iduberga is the patron saint of pregnant women). Furthermore, Ida comes from the Old High German syllable id , which means something like "work, work". The name was a very popular first name in the Middle Ages , later became rarer, then revived by the knight poetry . Especially in the years from 1880 to 1920, the name was often given again in Germany. In Scandinavia, Ida is still one of the most popular female first names. Since around 2010 the name Ida has been used more frequently in Germany.
name day
- September 4th - Saint Ida von Herzfeld
Well-known namesake
- Ida (Essen) , abbess of the Essen monastery in the 10th century
- Ida (St. Maria im Kapitol) († 1060), abbess of the St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne
- Ida Applebroog (* 1929), American sculptor and painter
- Ida Auken (* 1978), Danish theologian and politician
- Ida Baier (1863–1933), Austrian opera singer
- Ida Bjørndalen (* 1983), Norwegian handball player
- Ida Bobach (* 1991), Danish orienteer
- Ida von Bodelschwingh (1835–1894), wife and employee of Friedrich von Bodelschwingh in setting up the Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel
- Ida of Boulogne (* around 1040–1113), French countess of Boulogne, see Ida of Lorraine
- Ida Corr (* 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 Görres (1901–1971), German writer
- Ida Haendel (1928–2020), British violinist of Polish origin
- Ida Hahn-Hahn (1805–1880), German writer, poet and founder of the order
- Ida Ingemarsdotter (* 1985), Swedish cross-country skier
- Ida Jarcsek-Gaza (* 1947), director of the German State Theater Timişoara
- Ida James , American singer and actress
- Ida Kamińska (1899–1980), Polish-Jewish actress
- Ida Kerkovius (1879–1970), German painter
- Ida Lien (* 1997), Norwegian biathlete
- Ida Lupino (1918–1995), British actress, director, producer and writer
- Ida Marie Lipsius (1837–1927), German music writer
- Ida of Lorraine (* around 1040, † 1113), Catholic saint and mother of Godfrey of Bouillon, the first regent in the Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Ida Mett (1901–1973), Russian revolutionary and communist anarchist
- Ida Noddack-Tacke (1896–1978), German chemist
- Ida of Austria († probably 1101), Margravine of Austria and participant in the crusade
- Ida Ospelt-Amann (1899–1996), Liechtenstein dialect poet
- Ida Pfeiffer (1797–1858), Austrian travel writer
- Ita Rina (1907–1979) origin. Ida Kravanja, Yugoslav / Slovenian film actress
- Ida Lwowna Rubinstein (1885–1960), Russian dancer, actress and choreographer.
- Ida von Sachsen-Meiningen (1794-1852), Princess of Sachsen-Meiningen and by marriage Princess of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
- Ida Schöpfer (1929–2014), Swiss ski racer
- Ida Schwetz-Lehmann (1883–1971), Austrian ceramicist
- Ida Seele (1825–1901), first Froebel kindergarten teacher in the world
- Ida von Toggenburg (c. 1140 - c. 1226), Catholic saint, Switzerland
- Ida B. Wells (1862–1931), American journalist and civil and women's rights activist
- Ida Wüst (1884–1958), actress
Well-known namesake
- Ida of Bernicia († around 559), King of Bernicia
- Ida Anak Agung Gde Agung (1921–1999), Indonesian politician
Fictional namesake
- Ida, main character in children's books by Harald Lesch and Gudrun Mebs (including: "Evolution is when life is endless" or "Philosophy is like tickling in the head")
- Ida, main character in children's books by Sabine Ludwig and Miriam Cordes (including: "Ida and the cheeky cat" or "Ida and the treasure in the bathtub")
- Ida Grün, main character in children's and audio books by Sabine Ludwig (including: "Ida Grün - 11 eight-minute stories" or "Ida Grün - five years old")
- Ida Lebenstein, main character in the film Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski
- Ida Svensson, a character from the children's book Michel from Lönneberga by Astrid Lindgren