Ida is, at present, my favorite female name. I've never known even one, but I feel like it is ripe for the picking, and I would definitely use it on a child. Here in the US it is almost unheard-of on a child, but I have no idea how common it is outside of the US.
It is also probably my great-great-grandmother's name, but so little is known of my great-grandfather William Otho Beasley's origins (Caroline County, Virginia didn't exactly keep stellar records in 1886, apparently), but there is one birth registry for William Otho Beasley, b. 14 March 1886, father E. T. Beasley, mother, Ida. No other information is known in my family about his lineage.
Do you like Ida? If you had to incorporate Ida into a combo, what would you pair it with? I'm more interested in combos with Ida as the first name, but if you have any excellent ones with Ida as the middle name, go ahead and include them.
I think Ida Frances, Ida Virginia, Ida Josephine, Ida Marian, Ida Penelope, and Ida Ruth have the right levels of allurement.
I also sort of like Iva (pronounced EYE-va), and have known a lady named Iva, though she was very, very old when I was a child.
I genuinely am interested in other people's perceptions of Ida (and Iva), because until now, it has only been a secretive infatuation. :)
This message was edited 6/8/2016, 5:46 AM