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Iida

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See also: iidą́

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 飯田 (Īda).

Proper noun

Iida (plural Iidas)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Iida is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Iida is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (76.19%) and Mixed Race (11.49%) individuals.

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Finnish

Etymology

19th century phonetic rendering of Swedish (and German, etc.) Ida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːdɑ/, [ˈiːdɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iːdɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Ii‧da
  • Hyphenation(key): Ii‧da

Proper noun

Iida

  1. a female given name
    • 1910, Maiju Lassila, Tulitikkuja lainaamassa, Gummerus, published 2001, →ISBN, page 42:
      "Iidako se on tämän Variksen akan nimi?"
      "Iidaksihan ne tätä papin mukaan haukkuvat, vaikka olisihan se näin mökkiläisen akan nimeksi välttänyt paljas Maijakin tahi vaikka Suso", mukasi Varis.
      Iida is what that Varis's woman was called?
      "Well, Iida is what the priest wrote as her name and that's how they call her names, even if that kind of rural woman could've been called Maija or even Suso", Varis blustered.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Statistics

  • Iida is the 75th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 9,761 female individuals (and as a middle name to 7,847 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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