Alda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hilda in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 17 more, הילדה in IL Israel, DE Germany and Hilde in NO Norway.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Alda is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name68K records spelled Alda15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Iceland, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, Icelandic, German

  Also written Äļďä, Àlda, Àldå, Aldá

• Indonesian given name8.1K records spelled Alda5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Italy

  Also written 'Alda, Alda', Aldá

• Hindi given name7.1K records spelled Alda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

• a separate given name3.8K records spelled Alda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Italy

  Also written Aldà, Aldá

• Croatian given name1.1K records spelled Alda8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian

  Also written Алда

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Alda is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do germânico alda, velho, ancião, sábio

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In English, Alan, US actor, writer, director

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Forme italienne d’Aude; d’origine germanique, signifie « ancienne ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Origine germanique, « noble guerre ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Germanic adal « noble ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 126 years between 1880–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alda of Italyb. 925925-954
• Alda Garridob. 1896BRBrazilian actress
• Alda Manginib. 1914ITItalian actress and singer (1914–1954)
• Alda Nonib. 1916ITItalian opera singer and actress (1916–2011)
• Alda do Espírito Santob. 1926STpoet and politician from Sao Tome and Principe (1926-2010)
• Alda Merinib. 1931ITItalian writer and poet (1931-2009)
• Dada Gallottib. 1935ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress
• Alda D'Eusaniob. 1950ITItalian journalist, television presenter and writer
• Alda Morenob. 1974MXMexican professional wrestler
• Magyari Aldab. 2000HUHungarian water polo player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 646 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alda?

We estimate roughly 162 thousand people bear Alda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Alda have the most bearers?

Alda is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled hilda.

Where is Alda most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alda is densest in Norway — about 1 in 308 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alda compared with other names?

In Argentina, Alda is the 267th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Alda a male or female name?

Alda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Alda mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic name, probably from elements meaning 'old' or 'noble'.