Alida

Where Alida comes from

The dictionaries list Alida as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1661
    Alida Withoos born
    painter from the Northern Netherlands
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #403 among girls with 17 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #851.
  4. 1921
    Alida Valli born
    Italian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Alida Valli · Italian actress, 1921–2006
  • Alida Withoos · painter from the Northern Netherlands, 1661–1730
  • Alida van den Bos · gymnast, 1902–2003
  • Alida van der Anker-Doedens · Canoe racer, 1922–2014
  • Alida Chelli · actress, singer and TV-hostess, 1943–2012

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.