Alida

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title: "Alida" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-feminine-given-names", "feminine-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alida" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Alida is a feminine given name, a common Dutch version of Adelaide until about 1960. It is a compound word: adal 'noble' + heid 'gleam, glitter'. The name was also common in Norway between 1860 and 1910 when immigration was frequent.{{cite book|author2=Nancy L. Coleman|author1=Olav Veka|oclc=798295781|title=A Handbook of Scandinavian Names |year=2010|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison, WI|isbn=9780299248338|page=3|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1163}}

Notable people with the name include:

• Alīda Ābola (born 1954), Latvian orienteering competitor
• Alida van der Anker-Doedens (1922–2014), Dutch canoeist
• Vija Artmane (1929–2008), Latvian actress
• Alida C.M. Besseling (1944–2014), Dutch politician and activist known as Alice Besseling
• Alida Bolten (1903–1984), Dutch swimmer
• Alida van den Bos (1902–2003), Dutch gymnast
• Alida Bosshardt (1913–2007), Dutch Salvation Army officer
• Alida Brittain (1883–1943), British musician and journalist
• Alida Chelli (1943–2012), Italian actress, singer, and TV hostess
• Alida Chen (born 1996), Dutch badminton player
• Alida Cosijn (1931–2016), Dutch ceramist known as Lies Cosijn
• Alida Edelman-Vlam (1909–1999), Dutch social geographer
• Alida Garcia, American social activist
• Alida Gray (born 1977), American judoka
• Alida Hisku (born 1957), Albanian singer
• Alida Malkus (1888–1976), American writer of children's novels
• Alida Marcovici (born 1973), Romanian volleyball player
• Alida Morberg (born 1985), Swedish actress
• Alida Neave (fl. 1929), South African tennis player
• Alida Olbers Wester (1842–1912), Swedish botanist
• Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948), American philanthropist
• Alida Rouffe (1874–1949), French actress
• Alida Schuyler (1656–1727), New Netherland businessperson
• Lidy Stoppelman (born 1933), Dutch figure skater
• Alida Valli (1921–2006), Italian actress
• Alida Vázquez (1929–2015), Mexican composer
• Alida de Vries (1914–2007), Dutch sprinter
• Alida Withoos (1661–1730), Dutch botanical artist and painter

References

References

1. [https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Alida Alida] at the [[Meertens Institute]] database for given names in the Netherlands

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