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Gender Unknown & Feminine
Usage Guanche, Spanish (Canarian)
Meaning & History
Possibly derived from Guanche *dăyda meaning "newborn lamb that is still being suckled by its mother". This name was listed in a baptismal register from Seville dating to the 15th century; the sex and age of the bearer were not recorded. Since the 1970s it has been used as a feminine name in the Canary Islands.