Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
In mythological stories, Dido is associated with the queen of Carthage.
Dido’s family of names
In Latin usage, Dido has a masculine form in DIDACUS. In German usage, Dido has a conventional equivalent in the Latvian form DIDONA. In German usage, Dido has a conventional equivalent in the Slovak form Didóna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dido has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Dido comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Didacusmasculine form · Latin
- Idoequivalent
- Didioequivalent
- ДідонаBelarusian, Ukrainian
- DídóCzech
- DidonaSlovene, Lithuanian
- DidónaSlovak
- ДидонаSerbo-Croatian, Serbian
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People named Dido
- DidoEnglish singer and songwriter (born 1971)
- Dido HavenaarDutch-Japanese association football playerborn 1957
- Dido Elizabeth BelleBritish aristocrat1761–1804
- Dido SotiriouGreek novelist, journalist, and playwright (1909–2004)
- Dido HardingBritish businesswoman (1967-)
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