Ida

I prefer this name be pronounced as Eye-da rather than Ee-da, mainly because Eye-da sounds more regal to me than Ee-da. The second reason I prefer Eye-da over Ee-da is because my good friend Ida pronounced her name as Eye-da. The last reason I prefer Eye-da is because Ee-da to me sounds like a mispronunciation, Ee-da to me should be spelled as "Eda", but even then Eda is already a name and from what I know Eda isn't pronounced as "Ee-da".

Hungarian pronunciation: I-daw. [noted -ed]

Eye-da

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This name deserves more recognition.

Much prefer the English pronunciation "IE-duh" to "EE-dah". "EE-dah" is the ubiquitous pronunciation across Europe, whereas "IE-duh" is unique to English-speakers and has lots of quaint British charm.

The Italian pronunciation is EE-dah. [noted -ed]

In Spanish, it is most commonly said ee-th-a. I know because it was my great-grandmother's name.

Sorry to say, but your great-grandmother mispronounced her name. In Spanish Ida is prnounced EE-dah, and only EE-dah.

Pronounced EE-dah in Germany. [noted -ed]

Listen to the German pronunciation of Ida here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

The pronunciation of this name is ee-dah in all languages except English.