Aida

See also: aida, AIDA, Aída, aidà, áidǎ, and āidǎ

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by the opera.

Proper noun

Aida

1. A female given name from Italian in quiet use since the 1870s.
   • 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 23:

     Her name was Aida, like the opera, and I said I’d heard it meant happy in Italian. More laughter. Oh, I always live up to it.

Translations

female given name

Armenian: Աիդա (Aida) French: Aïda (fr) f Italian: Aida (it) Portuguese: Aída Russian: Аи́да (ru) f (Aída) Spanish: Aída (es)

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaida/, [ˈai̯.ð̞a]

Proper noun

Aida f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Adele or Spanish Adelaida

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ai‧da

Noun

Aida

1. a female given name

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian Aida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯dɑ/, [ˈɑ̝i̯dɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑidɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Ai‧da

Proper noun

Aida

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Aida (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Aida	Aidat
genitive		Aidan	Aidojen
partitive		Aidaa	Aidoja
illative		Aidaan	Aidoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Aida	Aidat
accusative	nom.	Aida	Aidat
	gen.	Aidan
genitive		Aidan	Aidojen Aidain rare
partitive		Aidaa	Aidoja
inessive		Aidassa	Aidoissa
elative		Aidasta	Aidoista
illative		Aidaan	Aidoihin
adessive		Aidalla	Aidoilla
ablative		Aidalta	Aidoilta
allative		Aidalle	Aidoille
essive		Aidana	Aidoina
translative		Aidaksi	Aidoiksi
abessive		Aidatta	Aidoitta
instructive		—	Aidoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Aida (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Aidani Aidani accusative nom. Aidani Aidani gen. Aidani genitive Aidani Aidojeni Aidaini rare partitive Aidaani Aidojani inessive Aidassani Aidoissani elative Aidastani Aidoistani illative Aidaani Aidoihini adessive Aidallani Aidoillani ablative Aidaltani Aidoiltani allative Aidalleni Aidoilleni essive Aidanani Aidoinani translative Aidakseni Aidoikseni abessive Aidattani Aidoittani instructive — — comitative — Aidoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Aidasi Aidasi accusative nom. Aidasi Aidasi gen. Aidasi genitive Aidasi Aidojesi Aidaisi rare partitive Aidaasi Aidojasi inessive Aidassasi Aidoissasi elative Aidastasi Aidoistasi illative Aidaasi Aidoihisi adessive Aidallasi Aidoillasi ablative Aidaltasi Aidoiltasi allative Aidallesi Aidoillesi essive Aidanasi Aidoinasi translative Aidaksesi Aidoiksesi abessive Aidattasi Aidoittasi instructive — — comitative — Aidoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Aidamme Aidamme accusative nom. Aidamme Aidamme gen. Aidamme genitive Aidamme Aidojemme Aidaimme rare partitive Aidaamme Aidojamme inessive Aidassamme Aidoissamme elative Aidastamme Aidoistamme illative Aidaamme Aidoihimme adessive Aidallamme Aidoillamme ablative Aidaltamme Aidoiltamme allative Aidallemme Aidoillemme essive Aidanamme Aidoinamme translative Aidaksemme Aidoiksemme abessive Aidattamme Aidoittamme instructive — — comitative — Aidoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Aidanne Aidanne accusative nom. Aidanne Aidanne gen. Aidanne genitive Aidanne Aidojenne Aidainne rare partitive Aidaanne Aidojanne inessive Aidassanne Aidoissanne elative Aidastanne Aidoistanne illative Aidaanne Aidoihinne adessive Aidallanne Aidoillanne ablative Aidaltanne Aidoiltanne allative Aidallenne Aidoillenne essive Aidananne Aidoinanne translative Aidaksenne Aidoiksenne abessive Aidattanne Aidoittanne instructive — — comitative — Aidoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Aidansa Aidansa accusative nom. Aidansa Aidansa gen. Aidansa genitive Aidansa Aidojensa Aidainsa rare partitive Aidaansa Aidojaan Aidojansa inessive Aidassaan Aidassansa Aidoissaan Aidoissansa elative Aidastaan Aidastansa Aidoistaan Aidoistansa illative Aidaansa Aidoihinsa adessive Aidallaan Aidallansa Aidoillaan Aidoillansa ablative Aidaltaan Aidaltansa Aidoiltaan Aidoiltansa allative Aidalleen Aidallensa Aidoilleen Aidoillensa essive Aidanaan Aidanansa Aidoinaan Aidoinansa translative Aidakseen Aidaksensa Aidoikseen Aidoiksensa abessive Aidattaan Aidattansa Aidoittaan Aidoittansa instructive — — comitative — Aidoineen Aidoinensa

Statistics

• Aida is the 427^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 920 female individuals (and as a middle name to 417 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Italian

Etymology

Coined name of an imaginary Ethiopian princess in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida (1871).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈi.da/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: A‧ì‧da

Proper noun

Aida f

1. a female given name
   • 1871 Giuseppe Verdi - Antonio Ghislanzoni, Celeste Aida (an aria in the opera Aida):

     Celeste Aida, / forma divina, / mistico serto / di luce e fior.

     Heavenly Aida, / divine form, / mystical garland / of light and flowers.

References

1. Aida in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Aida f (Cyrillic spelling Аида)

1. (Bosnia) a female given name

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	Aida	Aide
genitive	Aide	Aida
dative	Aidi	Aidama
accusative	Aidu	Aide
vocative	Aido	Aide
locative	Aidi	Aidama
instrumental	Aidom	Aidama

    Declension of Aida

Further reading

• “Aida”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024