Meaning of the nameAída

Aída is a female name that Wiktionary links to the Italian Aida, created for Verdi's opera (1871); Behind the Name links it to the Arabic Ayda, 'returning, visitor'.

Meaning

“returning, visitor (Arabic Ayda, according to Behind the Name)”

Source: Behind the Name: Aida · Behind the Name: Ayda

People (2022): 7,600
Rank in Brazil: #2,046
Median age: 61 years
2010 Census: 9,864; people

Aída in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Aída, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (1,980 people).

7,563 women 37 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Aída is most common

States with the highest share of people named Aída in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.014%
Rio de Janeiro 0.006%
Amazonas 0.005%
Bahia 0.005%
Pará 0.005%

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	1,522	0.014%
São Paulo	1,146	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	941	0.006%
Minas Gerais	704	0.003%
Bahia	694	0.005%
Pará	401	0.005%
Santa Catarina	271	0.004%
Paraná	226	0.002%
Goiás	219	0.003%
Amazonas	197	0.005%
Pernambuco	192	0.002%
Ceará	145	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	133	0.005%
Distrito Federal	119	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	110	0.003%
Espírito Santo	87	0.002%
Mato Grosso	77	0.002%
Maranhão	63	0.001%
Paraíba	63	0.002%
Sergipe	61	0.003%
Amapá	47	0.006%
Alagoas	43	0.001%
Rondônia	42	0.003%
Acre	32	0.004%
Piauí	25	0.001%
Roraima	25	0.004%
Tocantins	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Aída

Wiktionary records the Italian Aida as a name created for an Ethiopian princess in Verdi's opera Aida (1871), the Spanish Aída as a borrowing from Italian, and Aída as a female name in Portuguese, equivalent to Aida. Behind the Name presents Aida as a variant of Ayda, an Arabic name meaning 'returning, visitor', and notes that the name was used in Verdi's opera. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 7,600 people named Aída, with a median age of 61. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Ayda, Haida and Hayda as graphic variants.

Sources

Wiktionary: Aída · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Aida · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Aida · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Ayda · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Aida · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Aída

What does the name Aída mean?

Aída means “returning, visitor (Arabic Ayda, according to Behind the Name)”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Aída in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 7,600 people with the first name Aída, which ranks it number 2,046 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Aída a boy's or a girl's name?

Aída is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 7,563 women and 37 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Aída?

Aída is a name of Italian and Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Aída most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.014% of the state's population is named Aída (1,522 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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