Given name & surname
Rida
“one who is favored by God”
Rida is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is favored by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is favored by God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,053
- 67 boys · 986 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 57 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #6,773 for girls · #11,717 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,773 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 57 in 2005. It also appeared in 6 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,645 as a first name in 2020; 289 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.
Rida’s family of names
Rida has a related form in Reda. Rida has a related form in Reda. Rida has a related form in Reeda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Rida
- Roda AntarLebanese association football player and managerborn 1980
- Ridha El LouzeTunisian association football playerborn 1953
- Rida ZouhirCanadian soccer playerborn 2003
- Rida Johnson YoungAmerican playwright and songwriter (1869–1926)
- Rida CadorHungarian bicycle racerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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