Nida

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled נידאא in IL Israel.

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 in 1 language 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◐

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

• Hindi given name44K records spelled Nida8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

  Also written Nidā

• Spanish given name35K records spelled Nida6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Peru

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Nïdã, Ñidã

• Indonesian given name17K records spelled Nida7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, India, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written 'Nida, Nida', Nida’

• French given name3.4K records spelled Nida7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Nyda, Nidâ, Nïda, Nidã, Nidā

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Nida2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Türkiye, Pakistan

  Also written Nidā

41 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●

Nida 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 Turkish, cry, shout

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

• In Turkish, Bağırma, seslenme.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Arabic, call

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In German, from the place name Nidda (Hessen)

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Arabic, call. laa clas a4, yal 3! "When he [Zakariya] cried to his Lord in secret." (surat Maryam 19:3)

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

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) — 107 years between 1905–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Nida Tüfekçib. 1929TRTurkish country music singer (1929–1993)
• Nida Fazlib. 1938INIndian poet (1938–2016)
• Nida Home Dohertyb. 1950CACanadian; artist (born 1950)
• Nida Özb. 1955TRTurkish writer (born 1955)
• Nida Karabol Akdenizb. 1967TRTurkish film producer (born 1967)
• Nida Grunskienėb. 1969LTProsecutor General of Lithuania
• Nida Manzoorb. 1989GBBritish screenwriter and director
• Nida Eliz Üstündağb. 1996TRTurkish swimmer (born 1996)
• Nida Karasakalb. 2002TRTurkish weightlifter (born 2002)
• Hatice Nida ŞenTRTurkish ophthalmologist

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 · 460 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nida?

We estimate roughly 4.1 thousand people bear Nida (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Nida have the most bearers?

Nida is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled nida.

How common is Nida compared with other names?

In the United Arab Emirates, Nida is the 989th most common given name of 29,311 given names recorded there.

Is Nida a male or female name?

Nida 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 Nida mean?

Recorded meaning: habitational name from Nidda, a town (also a river) in Hesse.