Ida

German

"industrious one"

Ida Origin and Meaning

The name Ida is a girl's name of German origin meaning "industrious one".

Many vowel names stylish a century ago are coming back, and Ida seems like a possible, logical successor to Ada and Ava.

A century ago, Ida was considered "sweet as apple cider," and was Number 10 on the hit parade of names. Its popularity then was inspired by a Tennyson poem, of which the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Princess Ida, was a "respectful operatic perversion."

Ida hasn't been in the Top 1000 since the 1980s, but we do see it as slated to rise again. It is hugely popular right now in Scandinavia and German-speaking parts — Top 100 in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Austria — where it's pronounced EE-da.

Ida appears in Greek and Hindu mythology; Mount Ida, on Crete, is considered the birthplace of the god Zeus. Journalist Ida B. Wells was its most well-known bearer in the US.

Ida Rank in US Top 1000

# 950 in the US

Ida Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 277 on Nameberry

Ida Popularity

• 277 Nameberry 2024
• 201 Unique 2023
• 870 Future 2028
• 258 England 2021
• 14 Germany 2023
• 77 Sweden 2022
• 36 Norway 2023
• 9 Denmark 2023
• 101 Switzerland 2023
• 36 Austria 2023
• 80 Poland 2023

20 Names Similar to Ida

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ida.

• Ada
• Etta
• Alma
• Edith
• Mabel
• Esther
• Agnes
• Nell
• Willa
• Edie
• Florence
• Elsie
• Maude
• Iris
• Ingrid
• Winifred
• Mae
• Harriet
• Margot
• Isadora

Famous People Named Ida

• Saint Ida of Herzfeld German duchess devoted to the poor
• Ida Lupino English,American actress
• Ida Minerva Tarbell American muckraking journalist
• Ida Bell Wells American journalist and civil rights leader
• Ida Saxton McKinley U.S. First Lady as wife of President William McKinley
• Ida Princess of Saxe,Meiningen; Princess of Saxe,Weimar,Eisenach
• Ida Matilda Adelaide Princess of Schaumburg,Lippe, Princess Reuss of Greiz; mother,in,law of Wilhelm II
• Ida Princess of Anhalt,Bernburg,Schaumburg,Hoym; Hereditary Princess of Oldenburg
• Ida Caroline Princess of Waldeck and Pyrmont; Princess consort of Schaumberg,Lippe
• Ida Rubinstein Russian dancer, actress, art patron and Belle Époque figure
• Ida Maria (Børli Sivertsen) Norwegian singer
• Ida de Tosny mistress of King Henry II of England
• Ida Pauline Rolf American biochemist; creator of Structural Integration or "Rolfing"
• Ida Helen Ogilvie American educator and geologist
• Ida Corr Danish singer,songwriter
• Ida Ljungqvist Tanzanian,Swedish model
• Ida Østergaard Madsen Danish pop singer
• Ida Gjølga Jenshus Norwegian country music singer
• Ida Applebroog American painter
• Ida Dwinger Danish actress
• Ida Fink Polish,Israeli author
• Ida Haendel Polish,British violinist
• Ida Kamińska Russian,Polish actress
• Idalia Maria "Ida" Kurcz Polish psychologist
• Ida Łotocka Huelle, Polish painter
• Ida Henriette da Fonseca Danish opera singer
• Ida Nowakowska Polish actress
• Ida Amanda "Maxida" Märak Swedish,Sami jojk,singer, hip hop artist and activist

Ida in Pop Culture

• Ida Svensson character in Astrid Lindgren's "Emil of Lönneberga"
• Ida Quagmire (born Dan Quagmire) character on TV's "Family Guy"
• "Little Ida's Flowers " short story by Hans Christian Andersen.
• Ida Lebenstein character in 2013 Polish film "Ida"
• Ida character in Jaishankar Prasad's poem "Kamayani"
• Ida Barlow character on British soap "Coronation Street"
• "Princess Ida " comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan and its main character
• Ida Borejko character in the "Jeżycjada" series by Małgorzata Musierowicz
• Ida Jungman character in "Bunderbrookowie" by Tomasz Mann
• Ida Corwin character in "Mildred Pierce" by James M. Cain
• "Ida" the Lost Princess in mobile game "Monument Valley"
• "Ida Sweet as Apple Cider," popular song written by Eddie Munson
• Ida Vanderboom (maiden name Reiziger) character in Rusty Lake: Roots