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Girl · Germanic, through Dutch
Aleida
Say it: ah-LAY-dah
Meaning
Dutch form of Adelheid, from Germanic adal 'noble' and heid 'kind, sort'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A medieval Dutch form that stayed in use in the Low Countries.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 1,776 babies given this name since 1918
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 22,900 girls
- 60 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Aleid, Aleidis
| German | Adelheid |
|---|---|
| English | Adelaide |
Famous bearers
- Aleida Guevara, Cuban physician and daughter of Che Guevara
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- Parish baptism registers
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.