Given name & surname
Armida
“an armed battlemaiden”
Armida is a variant of Armide. One Latin interpretation is “an armed battlemaiden.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Armida is a variant of Armide. One Latin interpretation is “an armed battlemaiden.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Armida is a variant of Armide. An origin associated with Armide is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Armida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,033
- 0 boys · 3,033 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 78 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 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 78 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,572 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.
Armida’s family of names
In Italian usage, Armida has a later derivative in ARMI. Armida has a related form in Armide.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Armida
- Armida BarelliItalian activist, editor (1882-1952)
- ArmidaAmerican actress (1911-1989)
- Armida AlisjahbanaExecutive Secretary of the United Nations ESCAPborn 1960
Characters named Armida: Armida (fictional character, lover of Rinaldo).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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