Names That Mean Behold

A pretty, if unusual choice for a summer baby, particularly a girl with an ancestor named Ida. An epithet of the goddess Aphrodite, Idalia is derived from the Greek place name Idalion.

A warm, sunny, and extremely rare name, even within its native France. Idalie would be especially perfect to honor an Ida.

Variation of Iscah.

A rare Biblical name, belonging to a niece of Abraham. It means "to behold". Iscah is thought to be the origin of the English name Jessica, which was invented by Shakespeare for a character in his 1596 play The Merchant of Venice.