Aida
Aida is a girls name, it is Arabic and Old French, it is said “ah-ee-da,’ or “eye-ee-da.”
It means reward or present in Arabic and helper in Old French.
Other spellings: Aidah, Aeeda.
Variants: Aidan, Iraida, Zaida, Zenaida, Zoraida.
There is a former town in Japan known as Aida.
It is an opera by Guiseppe Verdi.
Known Siblings: Aayan Agustin Beatriz CarmenDulce Edgar Ella Irma JenniferJesus Jose Josefina JudithJulia Lilia Luz LuzaidaMarisela Nicolas RaquelRoberto Rosa Sandra XiomaraZoraida
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_(disambiguation)
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/aida
Sara said,
March 21, 2010 @ 10:12 pm
My husband has a Lebanese colleague with this name. She pronounces it “eye-ay-da,” which I think has a nicer sound than the other pronunciations.
babynamelover said,
March 22, 2010 @ 4:24 am
“eye-ay-da” is pretty. It feels a like tricky to me to say but I guess you get used to it 🙂
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