Aleida
Aleida is a female given name. It, like the Dutch name Alida and their variations – Aleid, Aleide, Aleidis, Aleijd, Aleyda, etc. – is derived from the Germanic Adelheid. The medieval names are often translated to Adelayde or Alice in English.
Aleida and its variations may refer to:
People
Medieval
- Adelaide of Cleves, also called Aleid, Countess of Holland, wife of Dirk VII
- Aleidis of Leuven, Brabantian Queen consort of England, wife of Henry I
- Aleid van Holland, or Aleida van Avesnes, Dutch regent of Holland
- Aleid van Poelgeest, Dutch murdered mistress of the Count of Holland
- Aleydis van Schaarbeek, Brabantian laysister and mystic
Modern
- Aleida Assmann, German academic
- Aleida Greve, Dutch painter
- Aleida Guevara, Cuban physician and Marxist, Che Guevara's daughter
- Aleida Leurink, Dutch writer
- Aleida March, Che Guevara's Cuban second wife
- Aleida Núñez, Mexican actress, singer and model
- Aleyda Ortiz, Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant
- Aleida Mathilda van Keulen, Dutch Resistance member
- Aleida Quintana, Mexican human rights activist
- Aleida Alavez Ruiz, Mexican politician
- Aleida Wolfsen, Dutch portrait and historical painter
Fictional characters
- Aleida Diaz, a character in the Netflix television series, Orange Is the New Black
- Aleida Rosales, a character in the Apple TV+ series, ''For All Mankind''