Alda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Alda by the numbers
Its American peak was 191 babies in 1918, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Alda
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adanoble, nobility1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Albadawn; white472 in England and Wales (2025)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliaexalted, noble458 in the US (2017)
- Aidavisitor, guest; or most happy84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aydahelper or aid; a form of Aida165 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Alda
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