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Ida - Name Meaning, Origin and History


Name:
Ida
Pronunciation:
/ˈiːdə/
Gender:
Female
Origin:
Germanic
Religion:
Meaning:
Industrious one; hardworking
Variations:
Ida; Idalia; Idette; Idina; Idy
Ida is a name of Germanic origin, derived from the element "id," meaning "work" or "labor," symbolizing industriousness. Historically, Ida has been used across various cultures and languages, with notable bearers including Ida Tarbell, a pioneering American journalist known for her exposés on corporate monopolies. In mythology, Ida is linked to Mount Ida in Greek lore, a significant location in several myths. The name has been popular in Scandinavian countries and Germany, often used as a standalone name or combined in compound names. Ida's usage has been predominantly female, though it has unisex potential in some cultures. Its popularity has seen fluctuations, with a resurgence in recent years in Europe. Sibling names might include traditional names like Anna or modern ones like Ava. Individuals named Ida are often perceived as diligent and reliable, traits reflective of the name's meaning.

Popularity of The Name Ida

Ida's popularity has varied by region, with a notable resurgence in Scandinavian countries and Germany in recent years. It ranks highly in Norway and Sweden, reflecting a trend towards traditional names. In the U.S., Ida saw peak popularity in the early 20th century but remains a classic choice.

Famous People Named Ida

Ida Tarbell
American journalist and muckraker
Ida B. Wells
American investigative journalist and civil rights activist
Ida Lupino
British-American actress and filmmaker

Interesting Facts About the Name Ida

Most common surname :
Smith, Johnson, Brown
Most common spouse name :
John, Michael, David
Most common child name :
Emma, Noah, Olivia
Peak birth year :
1900 in the United States
Characteristics :
Diligence, reliability, industriousness
Professional orientation :
Journalism, activism, arts
Historical significance :
Linked to early 20thcentury journalism and civil rights movements
Pop culture significance :
Featured in literature and film, often as a character embodying strength and resilience
Linguistic origin :
Derived from the Germanic element "id," meaning "work" or "labor

Explore Your Genealogy

The most popular genealogy profiles named Ida

Ida Roy Ida Gauthier Ida Leblanc Ida Morin
Ida Pelletier Ida Poirier Ida Gagnon Ida Tremblay
Ida Martin Ida Levesque Ida Cote Ida Hebert
Ida Belanger Ida Boucher Ida Lavoie Ida Smith
Ida Richard Ida Paquette Ida Lapointe Ida Bedard
Ida Caron Ida Landry Ida Desjardins Ida Fournier
Ida Cloutier Ida Bernier Ida Cyr Ida Theriault
Ida Simard Ida Bergeron Ida Demers Ida Seguin
Ida Champagne Ida Fortin Ida Lalonde Ida Beaulieu
Ida Grenier Ida Parent Ida Gagne Ida Brown
Ida Menard Ida Johnson Ida Proulx Ida Ouellet
Ida Bouchard Ida Dube Ida Robert Ida Laroche
Ida Blais Ida Thibault Ida Nadeau Ida Perreault
Ida Couture Ida Michaud Ida Houle Ida Berube
Ida Gallant Ida Lefebvre Ida Martel Ida Girard
Ida Leclerc Ida Boudreau Ida Dumont Ida Ouellette
Ida Lavigne Ida Langlois Ida Bertrand Ida Lemieux
Ida Poulin Ida Paradis Ida Pilon Ida Lemay
Ida Lessard Ida Pare Ida Provost Ida Boisvert
Ida Legault Ida Beaudoin Ida Miller Ida Moore
Ida Vachon Ida Chartrand Ida Trudel Ida Lacroix
Ida Fontaine Ida Robitaille Ida Dion Ida Dufour
Ida Villeneuve Ida Tessier Ida Harris Ida Cormier
Ida Paquet Ida Prince Ida Audet Ida Hamel
Ida Larocque Ida Pitre Ida Lussier Ida Tetreault
Ida Jones Ida St-Pierre Ida Deschenes Ida Levasseur
Ida St-Laurent Ida Desrosiers Ida Paquin Ida Potvin
Ida Deslauriers Ida Leroux Ida Godin Ida Therrien
Ida Plourde Ida Renaud Ida Dagenais Ida Plante
Ida Rochon Ida Thomas Ida Giroux Ida Bolduc
Ida Julien Ida Martineau Ida Plouffe Ida Lamoureux
Ida Goyette Ida Leduc Ida Mercier Ida Forget
Ida Benoit Ida Levine Ida Duval Ida Desormeaux
Ida Bourque Ida Brochu Ida Dupuis Ida Murray
Ida Charron Ida Laplante Ida St-Denis Ida Pepin
Ida Babin Ida Labelle Ida Lepine Ida Bourassa
Ida David Ida Rousseau Ida Dionne Ida Sauve
Ida Boivin Ida Gervais Ida Thompson Ida Brousseau
Ida Harvey Ida Murphy Ida Leger Ida Lambert
Ida Robichaud Ida Doucet Ida Chiasson Ida Picard
Ida Allard Ida Marchand Ida Lemire Ida Guay
Ida Lauzon Ida Desrochers Ida Sabourin Ida St-Jean
Ida Vincent Ida Desmarais Ida Lebel Ida Cohen
Ida Baker Ida Williams Ida Veilleux Ida Davis
Ida Scott Ida Cadieux Ida Lacombe Ida Leclair
Ida Savoie Ida Labonte Ida Arsenault Ida Gosselin
Ida Goulet Ida Lachapelle Ida Laframboise Ida Denis
Ida Gelinas Ida Thibodeau Ida Hache Ida Mailhot
Ida Beauchamp Ida Gingras Ida Lajoie Ida Lariviere
Ida Perron Ida Beaupre Ida Bilodeau Ida Dubois
Ida Raymond Ida Millington Ida Robinson Ida Langevin
Ida Parisien Ida Hill Ida Wilson Ida Gordon
Ida Laurin Ida Boileau Ida Brunet Ida Lapierre
Ida Letourneau Ida Soucy Ida St-Jacques Ida Archambault
Ida Cantin Ida Vallee Ida Meunier Ida Duguay
Ida Charbonneau Ida Blanchard Ida Fortier Ida Jolicoeur
Ida Trudeau Ida Bisson Ida Gaudreau Ida Frechette
Ida Chevrier Ida Bonanno Ida Charette Ida Young
Ida Anderson Ida Bourgoin Ida Hall Ida Daigle
Ida Fraser Ida Lewis Ida Auger Ida Dubreuil
Ida Methot Ida Ouimet Ida Campbell Ida Jacques
Ida Lizotte Ida Prevost Ida St-Germain Ida Vaillancourt
Ida Belisle Ida Guerin Ida Laflamme Ida Brisebois
Ida Kelly Ida Pigeon Ida Chaput Ida Lavallee
Ida Savard Ida Taillefer Ida Comeau Ida Daoust
Ida Duhaime Ida Faucher Ida Lafontaine Ida Pellerin
Ida Sigouin Ida Cardinal Ida Charrette Ida Gravel
Ida Jobin Ida Laliberte Ida Lepage Ida Marion
Ida Rodrigue Ida Bourdages Ida Bujold Ida Moretto
Ida Macdonald Ida Barone Ida White Ida Price
Ida Wright Ida Kennedy Ida Beliveau Ida Drouin
Ida Racine Ida Blanchette Ida Guillemette Ida Clark
Ida Arseneault Ida Berthiaume Ida Carriere Ida Coulombe
Ida Dugas Ida Morneau Ida Tardif Ida Boulanger
Ida Dumais Ida Fleury Ida Gregoire Ida Poitras
Ida Tanguay Ida Turgeon Ida Bouffard Ida Bourdeau
Ida Charlebois Ida Corriveau Ida Garceau Ida Richer
Ida Dansereau Ida Bernard Ida Beaudry Ida Durocher
Ida Emard Ida Guenette Ida Trottier Ida Chouinard
Ida Desautels Ida Filion Ida Latour Ida Lemoine
Ida Payette Ida Provencher Ida St-Martin Ida Ayotte
Ida Brazeau Ida Brideau Ida Noel Ida Turcotte
Ida Schwartz Ida Greenberg Ida Castelli Ida Walker
Ida Lee Ida Gaudet Ida Meyer Ida Taylor
Ida Turner Ida Rondeau Ida Tapp Ida Woods
Ida Allen Ida Mancini Ida Barbe Ida Boulet
Ida Chabot Ida Cousineau Ida Duquette Ida Emond
Ida Larochelle Ida Marquis Ida Miron Ida Ruel
Ida Sylvain Ida Collin Ida Gilbert Ida Joly
Ida Lacasse Ida Lafleur Ida Matte Ida Gendron
Ida Lamothe Ida Loiselle Ida Brodeur Ida Doiron
Ida Brunette Ida Chartier Ida Chenier Ida Germain
Ida Guilbault Ida Lavergne Ida Morissette Ida Nantel
Ida Perrault Ida Racicot Ida Besner Ida Brunelle
Ida Corbeil Ida Forcier Ida Jette Ida Labbe
Ida Lafrance Ida Lafreniere Ida Legare Ida Normand
Ida Sirois Ida Beland Ida Bourbonnais Ida Dufresne
Ida Dupont Ida Huard Ida Routhier Ida Bernatchez
Ida Riopel Ida McVee Ida Cliche Ida Nadon
Ida Patterson Ida Sevigny Ida Warren Ida Barr

The most popular genealogy profiles named Ida

Ida Roy Ida Gauthier
Ida Leblanc Ida Morin
Ida Pelletier Ida Poirier
Ida Gagnon Ida Tremblay
Ida Martin Ida Levesque
Ida Cote Ida Hebert
Ida Belanger Ida Boucher
Ida Lavoie Ida Smith
Ida Richard Ida Paquette
Ida Lapointe Ida Bedard
Ida Caron Ida Landry
Ida Desjardins Ida Fournier
Ida Cloutier Ida Bernier
Ida Cyr Ida Theriault
Ida Simard Ida Bergeron
Ida Demers Ida Seguin
Ida Champagne Ida Fortin
Ida Lalonde Ida Beaulieu
Ida Grenier Ida Parent
Ida Gagne Ida Brown
Ida Menard Ida Johnson
Ida Proulx Ida Ouellet
Ida Bouchard Ida Dube
Ida Robert Ida Laroche
Ida Blais Ida Thibault
Ida Nadeau Ida Perreault
Ida Couture Ida Michaud
Ida Houle Ida Berube
Ida Gallant Ida Lefebvre
Ida Martel Ida Girard
Ida Leclerc Ida Boudreau
Ida Dumont Ida Ouellette
Ida Lavigne Ida Langlois
Ida Bertrand Ida Lemieux
Ida Poulin Ida Paradis
Ida Pilon Ida Lemay
Ida Lessard Ida Pare
Ida Provost Ida Boisvert
Ida Legault Ida Beaudoin
Ida Miller Ida Moore
Ida Vachon Ida Chartrand
Ida Trudel Ida Lacroix
Ida Fontaine Ida Robitaille
Ida Dion Ida Dufour
Ida Villeneuve Ida Tessier
Ida Harris Ida Cormier
Ida Paquet Ida Prince
Ida Audet Ida Hamel
Ida Larocque Ida Pitre
Ida Lussier Ida Tetreault
Ida Jones Ida St-Pierre
Ida Deschenes Ida Levasseur
Ida St-Laurent Ida Desrosiers
Ida Paquin Ida Potvin
Ida Deslauriers Ida Leroux
Ida Godin Ida Therrien
Ida Plourde Ida Renaud
Ida Dagenais Ida Plante
Ida Rochon Ida Thomas
Ida Giroux Ida Bolduc
Ida Julien Ida Martineau
Ida Plouffe Ida Lamoureux
Ida Goyette Ida Leduc
Ida Mercier Ida Forget
Ida Benoit Ida Levine
Ida Duval Ida Desormeaux
Ida Bourque Ida Brochu
Ida Dupuis Ida Murray
Ida Charron Ida Laplante
Ida St-Denis Ida Pepin
Ida Babin Ida Labelle
Ida Lepine Ida Bourassa
Ida David Ida Rousseau
Ida Dionne Ida Sauve
Ida Boivin Ida Gervais
Ida Thompson Ida Brousseau
Ida Harvey Ida Murphy
Ida Leger Ida Lambert
Ida Robichaud Ida Doucet
Ida Chiasson Ida Picard
Ida Allard Ida Marchand
Ida Lemire Ida Guay
Ida Lauzon Ida Desrochers
Ida Sabourin Ida St-Jean
Ida Vincent Ida Desmarais
Ida Lebel Ida Cohen
Ida Baker Ida Williams
Ida Veilleux Ida Davis
Ida Scott Ida Cadieux
Ida Lacombe Ida Leclair
Ida Savoie Ida Labonte
Ida Arsenault Ida Gosselin
Ida Goulet Ida Lachapelle
Ida Laframboise Ida Denis
Ida Gelinas Ida Thibodeau
Ida Hache Ida Mailhot
Ida Beauchamp Ida Gingras
Ida Lajoie Ida Lariviere
Ida Perron Ida Beaupre
Ida Bilodeau Ida Dubois

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Other family names that are common with Ida

Discover common family names associated with the first name Ida to help you find related genealogy records.

Family Name Popularity
Roy 0.66%
Gauthier 0.5%
Leblanc 0.5%
Morin 0.47%
Pelletier 0.44%
Poirier 0.44%
Gagnon 0.42%
Tremblay 0.36%
Martin 0.34%
Levesque 0.34%
Cote 0.34%
Hebert 0.32%
Belanger 0.31%
Boucher 0.31%
Lavoie 0.31%
Paquette 0.29%
Richard 0.29%
Smith 0.29%
Lapointe 0.27%
Bedard 0.27%

Discover common family names associated with the first name Ida to help you find related genealogy records.

Family Name Popularity
Roy 0.66%
Gauthier 0.5%
Leblanc 0.5%
Morin 0.47%
Pelletier 0.44%
Poirier 0.44%
Gagnon 0.42%
Tremblay 0.36%
Martin 0.34%
Levesque 0.34%
Cote 0.34%
Hebert 0.32%
Belanger 0.31%
Boucher 0.31%
Lavoie 0.31%
Paquette 0.29%
Richard 0.29%
Smith 0.29%
Lapointe 0.27%
Bedard 0.27%

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