Aida

EYE-dah, eye-EE-da

Arabic; Italian; Lithuanian

"returning visitor; happy; echo"

Aida Origin and Meaning

The name Aida is a girl's name of Arabic, Italian origin meaning "returning visitor; happy; echo".

Aida is a melodic name largely associated with the title character of the 1871 Verdi opera, an enslaved Ethiopian princess who dies to save her people. In the past, her name was rarely heard outside the Latino community, but in the current time of love for all A-starting girls' names, this could very well change.

Aida did have a period of some U.S. popularity; in 1954, it reached as high as Number 663, but fell off the list in 1976. Aida Turturro played Tony Soprano's sister in The Sopranos.

Arabic families often pronounce it with two syllables — as EYE-dah — rather than three.

Aida Rank in US Top 1000

# 880 in the US

Aida Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 913 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Aida

• 913 Nameberry 2025
• 242 Unique 2024
• 404 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Aida

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Aida.

• Isa
• Dara
• Esmee
• Gisele
• Maelle
• Arabelle
• Farah
• Darya
• Evanna
• Brienne
• Eleni
• Amalie
• Maribel
• Adélaïde
• Marielle
• Mattea
• Carys
• Aviva
• Sinead
• Arlette

Famous People Named Aida

• Aida Nikolaychuk Ukranian Singer
• Aida Doci Albanian singer from Kosovo
• Aida M. Alvarez first Latina to hold a Cabinet,level position
• Aida Alberti Argentine actress
• Aida el Ayoubi Egyptian singer
• Aida Marianne Mollenkamp American chef/TV personality
• Aida Al Manhali, Khaleeji musician from UAE
• Aida Begić Bosnian film director
• Aida Badic Croatian artistic gymnast
• Ai­da Bortnik Argentine screenwriter
• Aida Baraku Albanian,Kosovar singer, composer, journalist
• Aida Corbadzic Bosnian opera singer
• Aida Roman Mexican archer
• Aida Turturro American actress
• Aída María Yéspica Miss Venezuela 2002
• Aida Muluneh Ethiopian photographer
• Aida Regtien Dutch actress

The name Aida in Pop Culture

• "Aïda " opera by Giuseppe Verdi and main character
• Aida a Japanese surname meaning 'runs across the field'
• Aida Braverman character on TV's "Parenthood"
• Aida main character in Rinmaru's visual novel "Ascension"
• Aida an evil android in Marvel's Agents of shield, whose name stand for "artificial intelligent digital assistant."
• Aida main character in the Broadway musical "Aida"