Alida

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 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◐

Alida is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name180K records spelled Alida43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Swahili

  Also written Álida, Ალიდა, Alīda, Alída, Alidá

• French given name13K records spelled Alida5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Ãlidã, Alidà, Alîdà

• Russian given name3.2K records spelled Alida28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Croatia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Kazakh

  Also written Алида, Аліда, Alīda, Álida

• a separate given name2.5K records spelled Alida3 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Álida, Alīda

• Indonesian given name2.1K records spelled Alida3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Álida

• Finnish given name1.9K records spelled Alida4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, Slovenia, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Alīda

37 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●

Alida 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 French, Germanic/Latin feminine name, often a short form of Adelaide or related names.

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

• In Dutch, a diminutive of the female given name Adelheid

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, variante de Elida; también se cita como ‘Άλις en dórico.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Swedish, Alida är en nederländsk form av Adelheid, sammansatt av → Adel- och det fornhög tyska heit, heid som betyder ’karaktär, ursprung’.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Féminin du groupe d’Aldo; germanique, « ancien ».

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Alida Withoosb. 1661NLpainter from the Northern Netherlands (1661-1730)
• Alida Rouffeb. 1874FRFrench actress (1874–1949)
• Alida Bosshardtb. 1913NLDutch Righteous Among the Nations (1913-2007)
• Alida Vallib. 1921ITItalian actress (1921–2006)
• Blonde Dollyb. 1927NLnot in their usual nameDutch murder victim (1927–1959)
• Lidy Stoppelmanb. 1933NLnot in their usual nameDutch figure skater
• Alida Chellib. 1943ITactress, singer and TV-hostess
• Alida Rockefeller Messingerb. 1948USAmerican philanthropist
• Amy Melgarejob. 1985SEnot in their usual nameUruguayan actress
• Alida Dóra Gazsób. 2000HUHungarian sprint canoeist (2000–)

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 · 920 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Alida?

We estimate roughly 11 thousand people bear Alida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Alida have the most bearers?

Alida is most frequently recorded in Venezuela, where it is most often spelled alida.

Where is Alida most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Alida is densest in Albania — about 1 in 5.0 thousand people — even though Venezuela holds more of our records for it.

How common is Alida compared with other names?

In Venezuela, Alida is the 848th most common given name of 213,120 given names recorded there.

Is Alida a male or female name?

Alida 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 Alida mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian form of Adeline; Germanic origin, means « noble ».