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Vida

Vida: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“life”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
VEE-dah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

In Spanish and Portuguese, Vida is the word for life. It also occurs separately in South Slavic usage, where it is associated with names based on the root vid.

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How popular is Vida?

202474.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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Babies named Vida in 2024246

2024 rank#1,022 girls

Peak year1903

Total US babies since 188012,285

Vida is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Vida

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Vida questions

What does the name Vida mean?

Vida means "life". It comes from Spanish. In Spanish and Portuguese, Vida is the word for life. It also occurs separately in South Slavic usage, where it is associated with names based on the root vid.

Is Vida a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Vida?

246 US babies were named Vida in 2024. Its peak year was 1903.

How do you pronounce Vida?

Vida is usually pronounced VEE-dah.

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.