Idalia Anreus (1932 – 1998) was a Cuban actress who worked in both theatre and film. A self-taught actress, she began working in children's theatre through her younger sister, theatre actress Gladys Anreus. In the late 1960s and early 1970s she worked in the Teatro Estudio theatre group, and by the late 1970s she had moved on to the Teatro Politico Bertold Brecht group.She won the award for Best Actress at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival for her role in Los dias del agua.
Britannia Idalia Gumbs, known as Idalia Gumbs (née Carter; 1933 – 2000), was an Anguillan politician. She was the first woman to sit in the Anguilla House of Assembly.
Really unusual, interesting name. Don't hear about it much, probably few people have it. However, Idalia looks good, sounds strong, just, well, just beautiful!
Gender: FeminineUsages: Dutch, English (Rare), Polish, Spanish, Italian, Greek MythologyTranscription: ΙδαλιαMeaning: Originally a medieval short form of names beginning with the Old Frankish element idal, an extended form of Old Frankish id, perhaps meaning "work, labour" (cf. Ida). It was borne by the heroine of Polish writer Juliusz Słowacki's play Fantazy (1841, published 1866). Though the etymology is unrelated, this is also an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, in which case it means "of Idalion", Idalion being an ancient city in Cyprus. This was given because the city was a center of her cult. The place name itself is said to derive from the Greek phrase ιδού άλιον (idou alion) "I see the sun".https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=IDALIA&last=&search=Suche http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/Idalia/ (US statistics) http://dmnes.org/name/Idalia - "Idalia f. A hypocoristic of any of various names beginning with Old Frankish idal, a lengthening of Old Frankish id, of uncertain origin but perhaps related to Old Icelandic ið 'work, business, occupation', per Morlet." http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/I/Idalia.html - also mentioned in one of Alexander Pope's 'Pastorals' (1709): "Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's groves" https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idalia(Information from name #38666 originally submitted by user enchy)