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My gm was Ida Lillian. Of your two, I prefer Ida Caroline because Caroline lightens the combo somewhat.

Ooo, both of those are great. Ida was my great-great grandmother's name.

Ida and similar names like Ina, Iva, and Ima really don't do anything for me, but Ida Frances is a cute combo.

Love it, especially with the "EE-duh" pronunciation. But I don't expect anyone to use that here in the US. The "EYE-duh" one is beautiful too.

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Both combinations you list are lovely, but I think Frances captures Ida's personality more. Ida Frances is so retro. Ida Josephine?

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I have a thing for feminine "i" names too. :-)

I agree about 'I' names being lovely - I have a soft spot for them to but Ida is far from my favourite. It sounds like when people say 'I woulda' very fast and it comes out like 'I'da...' However, I adore Ira for a boy.

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Ida Caroline is a beautiful combo though. I adore it.

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Other 'I' favourites:

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Iris
Ivy
Iseult
Isabella (so generic, I know...)
Isla
Iona
Islay

Not a fan, but id LOVE to see a baby Ida Frances!!!

I love Ida!

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Ida Frances is super cute, I really like it.

I went to school with a girl named Ida (ee-da),born in the mid 80s, and it's very popular here right now (# 12 in 2008) so I don't really see it as cutting edge. I think it's quite boring and can't really understand why it's so popular.

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Both your combos are very nice. Ida Frances is lovely (prn. eye-da).

I don't like it. I worked with a woman named Idaline , who goes by Ida(she's in her 20's). I really like her and the name at first seemed cutting-edge, but then it got bland, and then I started to think of Idaho potatoes every time I said her name.

It might be cutting edge now, but I have a feeling names like Ida and Ada will become more popular. Ava wasn't used at all until a few years ago, and that name is in the same vein.

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It's still lovely, though. I definitely prefer Ada, but Ida is cute. Ida Frances is my favorite combo.

I agree! Ida's lovely.

I love Ida Caroline. Ida Frances is okay.

Ida Caroline is great. I could never get into Frances (even though it's my grandmother's middle name and most people feel very fondly about the names of their grandparents). It's flat and unimpressive. But Ida is really beautiful. I like it a lot.

Reminds me of a book I read once. I think the name was Ida B