Ida



Gender:
Origin: German
669 famous people named Ida found on Wikipedia.
186359 female, 766 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 1221-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 7-th in year 1886
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish

Meanings

A female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “happy.”.


Ida is a given name occurring independently in several cultures. In Germany, Ida is a female name derived from a Germanic word id, meaning "labor, work". Alternately, it may be related to the name of the Old Norse goddess Iðunn. Ida also occurs as an anglicisation of the Irish girl's given name Íde.
Ida is a currently popular name in the Nordic countries and is among the top 10 names given to girls born in 2013 in Denmark. It was among the top 20 names for newborn girls in Norway in 2013 and among the top 50 names for newborn girls in Sweden in 2013. It was among the top 10 names for girls born to Swedish speaking families in Finland in 2013. Finnish variant Iida was among the top ten most popular names given to newborn girls in Finland in 2013. Ida was at its height of popularity in the United States in the 1880s, when it ranked among the top ten names for girls. It remained among the top 100 most popular names for girls there until 1930. It last ranked among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States in 1986.


Fem. proper name, Medieval Latin, from Old High German Ida, which is perhaps related to Old Norse ið "work." As the name of a mountain near Troy and one in Crete, it probably is a different word, of unknown or non-IE origin; related: Idaean.


Warrior, someone with a lot of power, overpowering others. Work, labor.

Famous People: 669 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ida B. Wells 1862 African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, early leader in the civil rights movement
2 Ida Lupino 1918 Actress, director
3 Ida Tarbell 1857 American journalist
4 Ida Nowakowska 1990 Polish actress
5 Ida Ljungqvist 1981 Swedish model
6 Ida Straus 1849 Titanic victim
7 Ida Stover Eisenhower 1862 American pacifist
8 Ida Saxton McKinley 1847 First Lady of the United States
9 Ida Dalser 1880 First wife of Benito Mussolini
10 Ida Kristine Nielsen 1975 Danish musician
11 Ida Iasha 1963 Indonesian actress
12 Ida Maria 1984 Norwegian singer
13 Ida Magli 1925 Italian anthropologist and philosopher (1925-2016)
14 Ida Rubinstein 1885 Actress and dancer
15 Ida Siekmann 1902 First person to die at the Berlin Wall
16 Ida Ayu Nyoman Rai
17 Ida S. Scudder 1870 American missionary
18 Ida Engberg 1984 Swedish DJ
19 Ida Craddock 1857 American writer and activist
20 Ida Haendel 1928 British musician
21 Ida Laila
22 Ida Corr 1977 Danish singer
23 Ida Rolf 1896 American biochemist, creator of Rolfing
24 Ida Pollock 1908 British writer, referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105. (1908-2013)
25 Ida Engvoll 1985 Swedish actress
26 Ida Björnstad 1986
27 Ida May Fuller 1874 American centenerian
28 Ida Noddack 1896 German scientist
29 Ida Keeling 1915 American athlete
30 Ida Redig 1987 Swedish female singer
31 Ida Gomes 1923 Brazilian actress
32 Ida Fladen 1986
33 Ida Gran-Jansen 1987
34 Ida de Tosny English noblewoman
35 Ida Cox 1896 African American singer and vaudeville performer
36 Ida Elise Broch 1987 Norwegian actress
37 Ida Applebroog 1929 American artist
38 James Ida 1940 American mobster
39 Ida Nerina 1964 Malaysian actress
40 Ida Odinga 1950 Kenyan First Lady
41 Queen Ida 1929 American musician
42 Ida Wohlert 1977 Danish journalist
43 Ida Galli 1942 Actress
44 Ida Rendano 1972 Italian singer and actor
45 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1888 Australian illustrator of children's books
46 Ida Laura Pfeiffer 1797 Austrian explorer and writer
47 Ida Barlow
48 Joseph Ida 1890 American mobster
49 Ida Lewis 1842 American lighthouse keeper
50 Ida Presti 1924 French musician
51 Ida Farida 1939
52 Ida of Lorraine French saint and noblewoman
53 Ida Sjöstedt 1976
54 Ida Kavafian 1952 American musician
55 Ida Ovmar 1995
56 Ida Leman 1955 Indonesian actress
57 Ida Alstad 1985 Norwegian handball player
58 Ida Colucci 1960
59 Ida Friederike Görres 1901 Austrian writer and noble
60 Ida Roland 1881 Austrian actress
61 Ida Kaminska 1899 Polish actress
62 Ida 1994 Danish singer
63 Ida Saudková 1966 Czech photographer
64 Ida of Formbach-Ratelnberg 1100 Austrian royal
65 Ida Auken 1978 Danish politician
66 Ida Paul
67 Ida Gaskin 1919 New Zealander politician and teacher (1919-2016)
68 Ida Fink 1921 Israeli writer
69 Ida Drougge 1990 Swedish politician
70 Ida Rosenthal 1886 American businessman
71 Ida Mae Martinez 1931 American wrestler
72 Ida Schumacher 1894 German actress
73 Ida Husted Harper 1851 American suffragist and writer
74 Ida Davidsen 1937 Danish restaurateur and author
75 Ida Nudel 1931 Activist
76 Ida Aalberg 1857 Finnish actress
77 Ida Levin 1963 American musician
78 Ida Bagus Sudjana 1936
79 Ida Bagus Purwalaksana
80 Ida Daussy 1969 South Korean television personality
81 Ida Nilsson 1981 Swedish long distance runner
82 Ida Di Benedetto 1945 Actress, film producer
83 Ida Gotkovsky 1933 French composer
84 Ida Nysæter Rasch 1984
85 Ida Ingemarsdotter 1985 Swedish female cross-country skier
86 Ida Chong Canadian politician
87 Ida Nettleship British artist
88 Ida Schreiter 1912 German concentration camp guard
89 Ida Kerkovius 1879 German painter
90 Ida Henrietta Hyde 1857 American physiologist
91 Ida Peerdeman 1905 Dutch Roman Catholic
92 Ida Silverman 1882
93 Ida Högberg 1984 Swedish actress
94 Ida Dominijanni 1954 Italian politician and journalist
95 Ida Carmelitta 1980 Sri Lankan murder victim
96 Ida di Fischingen 1140
97 Ida Seeböck 1971 Austrian actress
98 Ida B. Robinson 1891 American bishop
99 Ida Wüst 1884 German actress
100 Ida Freund 1863 Austrian-British chemist
101 Ida Bohatta 1900 Austrian writer and illustrator
102 Ida Sansone 1959 Italian actress
103 Ida Boros 2000 Hungarian actress
104 Ida Siegal American journalist
105 Ida Bagus Made 1915 Indonesian artist
106 Masataka Ida 1912 Japanese rebel
107 Ida Barney 1886 American astronomer
108 Ida Wahlund 1975 Swedish actress
109 Ida Meda Italian actress
110 Ida Brun 1792 Dancer, singer
111 Ida Holst 1976 Danish author
112 Ida Marie Honoré 1854 American socialite
113 Ida Copeland 1875 British politician
114 Ida Altman 1950 Historian
115 Ida Holz 1935 Uruguayan engineer and researcher
116 Ida Linnertorp 1984 Swedish actress
117 Ida Bailey Allen 1885 American writer
118 Ida Kar 1908 British photographer
119 Ida Cockayne British noble
120 Ida Bagus Ray Kertawijaya
121 Ida Vakkuri Finnish actor
122 Ida Goodson 1909 American classic female blues and jazz singer and pianist
123 Ida Rhodes 1900 Mathematician
124 Ida Rauh 1877 Feminist, actress, sculptor, poet
125 Ida Jackson 1987 Norwegian writer
126 Ida Kohlmeyer 1912 American artist
127 Ida Pruitt 1888 Missionary in China
128 Ida A. Bengtson 1881 American bacteriologist
129 Ida Annah Ryan 1873 American architect
130 Ida Marko-Varga 1985 Swimmer
131 Ida Mett 1901 Russian-born anarchist and writer
132 Ida Bagus Oka 1936 Indonesian politician
133 Ida of Herzfeld 0788 Saxon saint
134 Ida Sand 1977 Swedish pianist and jazz musician
135 Ida Emerson American composer
136 Ida May Park 1879 Screenwriter, Film director
137 Ida Maly 1894 Austrian painter
138 Ida Darwin 1854 British activist
139 Ida Dixon 1854 Socialite and golf course architect of the early 20th century
140 Ida Adams 1888 American actress
141 Ida Abelman 1910 American painter
142 Ida Darling 1875 American actress
143 Ida Random 1945 Production designer
144 Ida LaFontaine 1997 Swedish singer
145 Ida Ekman 1875 Finnish singer
146 Ida Arimurti
147 Ida Mann 1893 English-Australian ophthalmologist
148 Ida Craft
149 Ida Maria Pinnerød 1979 Norwegian politician for Norwegian Labour Party
150 Ida Adamoff 1910 French tennis player
151 Ida Bobach 1991 Danish orienteer
152 Ida Maclean 1877 English biochemist
153 Ida Conquest 1876 American actress
154 Ida L. Castro 1953
155 Ida Bindschedler 1854 Swiss writer
156 Ida Faubert 1882 Haitian writer
157 Ida Marcussen 1987 Athletics competitor
158 Ida Bieler 2000 American violinist
159 Ida Blom 1931 Norwegian historian
160 Ida Łotocka-Huelle 1957 Polish painter
161 Ida Jenshus 1987 Norwegian singer and guitarist
162 Ida Pedanda Gede Made Gunung 1952 Hindu priest
163 Ibrahim M. Ida 1949 Nigerian politician
164 Ida Gerhardt 1905 Dutch poet
165 Ida Bagus Mantra 1928 Indonesian politician
166 Ida Waterman 1852 American actress
167 Ida Ferenczy 1839 Austrian lady-in-waiting
168 Ida Lee 1865 Australian historian and poet (1865 - 1943)
169 Ida Vitale 1923 Uruguayan writer
170 Ida Elizabeth Brandon Mathis 1857
171 Ida Shepard Oldroyd 1856 American conchologist and former Curator of Geology at Stanford University
172 Ida Albo Canadian businessperson
173 Ida Lou Anderson 1900 Radio broadcaster
174 Ida Mayrin 1997
175 Ida Sedgwick Proper 1873 American suffragette (1873-1957)
176 Ida Halpern 1910 Ethnomusicologist
177 Ida Evileye 1981 Swedish musician
178 Ida Vos 1931 Dutch writer
179 Ida Krottendorf 1927 Actress
180 Ida Nilsen Canadian musician
181 Ida Gawell-Blumenthal 1869 Swedish writer
182 Ida Hoffmann 1947 Namibian politician
183 Ida C. Ward 1880 British linguist
184 Ida Ehre 1900 Austrian-German actress
185 Ida Sargent 1988 American cross-country skier
186 Ida Luz Rodriguez 1950 Puerto Rican activist
187 Ida Odén 1987 Swedish female handball player
188 Ida Holten Worsøe 1981 Norwegian actress
189 Ida Van Smith 1917 American aviator
190 Ida Fuller 1854 Sorority founder
191 Ida Seele-Vogeler 1825
192 Ida of Wettin 1031 Czech princess
193 Ida Salmi 1885 Finnish actress
194 Ida Bobula 1900
195 Ida Schöpfer 1929 Swiss alpine skier
196 Ida Njåtun 1991 Norwegian speed skater
197 Ida Bäckmann 1867 Swedish writer and journalist
198 Ida Elizabeth Osbourne 1916 Australian actress
199 Ida Barbarigo 1925 Italian painter
200 Ida Bienert 1870