Alida
Alida is a feminine given name, a common Dutch version of Adelaide until about 1960. It is a compound word: adal 'noble' + heid 'gleam, glitter'. The name was also common in Norway between 1860 and 1910 when immigration was frequent.
Notable people with the name include:
- Alīda Ābola, Latvian orienteering competitor
- Alida van der Anker-Doedens, Dutch canoeist
- Vija Artmane, Latvian actress
- Alida C.M. Besseling, Dutch politician and activist known as Alice Besseling
- Alida Bolten, Dutch swimmer
- Alida van den Bos, Dutch gymnast
- Alida Bosshardt, Dutch Salvation Army officer
- Alida Brittain, British musician and journalist
- Alida Chelli, Italian actress, singer, and TV hostess
- Alida Chen, Dutch badminton player
- Alida Cosijn, Dutch ceramist known as Lies Cosijn
- Alida Edelman-Vlam, Dutch social geographer
- Alida Garcia, American social activist
- Alida Gray, American judoka
- Alida Hisku, Albanian singer
- Alida Malkus, American writer of children's novels
- Alida Marcovici, Romanian volleyball player
- Alida Morberg, Swedish actress
- Alida Neave, South African tennis player
- Alida Olbers Wester, Swedish botanist
- Alida Rockefeller Messinger, American philanthropist
- Alida Rouffe, French actress
- Alida Schuyler, New Netherland businessperson
- Lidy Stoppelman, Dutch figure skater
- Alida Valli, Italian actress
- Alida Vázquez, Mexican composer
- Alida de Vries, Dutch sprinter
- Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist and painter