Ida Lillian was the name of my gm. Her mother was
Ida Belle. I personally despise
Ida but agree that the EE-da pronunciation is much nicer, however, my default pronunciation is like my gm's name, EYE-da. If you like
Ida, spell it
Ida. Dumbing down is never good, imo.
I think
Ida could work for a little girl born these days. Why not?
EDA that my gm's sister was
Ella May. I think the combos
Ida Lillian and
Ella May are very complementary.
This message was edited 4/2/2007, 6:24 PM