Given name & surname
Naida
“a water nymph”
Naida is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a water nymph.”
Original GreekΝαΐδα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a water nymph.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Naida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,714
- 0 boys · 1,714 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,401 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −83%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,401 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 44 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,515 as a first name in 2020; 155 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Naida’s family of names
Naida has a related form in Naeda. Naida has a related form in Naedah. Naida has a related form in Naiad.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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