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Aida

Aida: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“returning; visitor”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
eye-EE-duh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually derived from Arabic a'idah, often interpreted as 'returning' or 'visitor.' The name became widely known internationally through Verdi's opera Aida.

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How popular is Aida?

202456.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aida in 2024187

2024 rank#1,243 girls

Peak year2005

Total US babies since 188013,629

Aida has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Aida

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Aida questions

What does the name Aida mean?

Aida means "returning; visitor". It comes from Arabic. Usually derived from Arabic a'idah, often interpreted as 'returning' or 'visitor.' The name became widely known internationally through Verdi's opera Aida.

Is Aida a boy or girl name?

Aida is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aida?

187 US babies were named Aida in 2024. Its peak year was 2005.

How do you pronounce Aida?

Aida is usually pronounced eye-EE-duh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.