Elida

Where Elida comes from

The dictionaries list Elida 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. 1886
    First appearance
    #1,108 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Elida Campodónico born
    Panamanian lawyer
  3. 1912
    Elida Carlés born
    Argentine aviator, actress, and journalist
  4. 1935
    Peak, #618
    110 babies named Elida — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,766.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Elida Campodónico · Panamanian lawyer, 1894–1960
  • Elida Carlés · Argentine aviator, actress, and journalist, 1912–1970
  • Elida Tuinstra · Dutch politician, 1931–2021
  • Elida Reyna · American singer, born 1972
  • Elida Galeano · Nicaraguan politician, born 1965

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.