Given name
Alyda
“small and winged”
Alyda is a variant of Aleda. One Latin interpretation is “small and winged.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alyda is a variant of Aleda. One Latin interpretation is “small and winged.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alyda is a variant of Aleda. An origin associated with Aleda is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alyda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 174
- 0 boys · 174 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 185 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Alyda
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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