Meaning and Origin of: Ida

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Old German : Youthful

Girl name variations

Idana
Idanna
Idena
Idah
Idaia
Idalia
Idalis
Idaly
Idamae
Idania
Idarine
Idaya
Ide
Idys
Idette
Idalee
Ita
Idarina
Idda
Idetta
Idella
Iida
Yda
Ydah
Idal

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and German : from Ida, which is found as both a male and female personal name in English but only as a female name in German. This is of continental Germanic origin and was popular among the Normans, who brought it to England. Its etymology is disputed: it is thought by some to be of the same origin as hild- ‘battle’, ‘strife’; by others to be of the same origin as Old High German idis ‘(wise) woman’, or from Old Norse idh ‘work’, ‘activity’.
  • Japanese : ‘rice paddy by the well’; habitational name from Ida-mura in Musashi (now Tōkyō and Saitama prefectures). Variously written and found mostly in eastern Japan and the Ryūkyū Islands.