Naida
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Naida by the numbers
Naida was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 1930, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Naida
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 Naida. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Naimacomfort; ease; contentment168 in the US (2017)
- Nailasuccessful or achiever56 in England and Wales (2025)
- Naiawater nymph; from naiad36 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nairaleading, directing; from nayati29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nadadew, generosity9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nainaeyes22 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Naida
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