Given name & surname · also Latin
Vida
“life”·“one who is dearly loved”
Vida is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “life” and “one who is dearly loved”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “life” and “one who is dearly loved”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Latin and Hebrew naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,473
- 38 boys · 12,435 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 277 babies
- 2025
- 187
- #1,218 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +42%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 187 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,218 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (52). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,808 as a first name in 2020; 1,468 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.
Vida’s family of names
Vida has a related form in Veeda. In Hungarian usage, Vida has a conventional equivalent in the German form Veit. Vida has a related form in Vid.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vida
- Vida GuerraAmerican modelborn 1974
- Vida GoldsteinAustralian feminist politician (1869–1949)
- Vida VencienėLithuanian cross-country skierborn 1961
- Vida TomšičSlovenian communist (1913-1998)
- Vida JermanCroatian actress and Esperantist (1939–2011)
- Vida SamadzaiAfghan modelborn 1978
- Vida BlueMajor League Baseball left-handed pitcher1949–2023
- Vida MovahedIranian protester against compulsory hijabborn 1986
- Vida BeselienėLithuanian basketball playerborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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