Loida

Meaning of Loida

The feminine name Loida, enunciated in English as LOY-duh (/ˈlɔɪdə/), appears to have emerged within Spanish-speaking milieus as a vernacular adaptation of the Old French Héloïse—deriving ultimately from the Germanic elements heil (“healthy”) and wid (“wide”)—or, alternately, as an inventive formation of the early twentieth century. Examination of United States Social Security Administration statistics indicates that Loida has remained exceptionally uncommon from the 1930s to the present, with annual birth counts rarely exceeding twenty-one and national rankings oscillating between 578 (1937) and the low nine-hundreds (953 in 2023); modest elevations observed in the mid-twentieth century and again in the 1970s notwithstanding, the name has consistently resided outside the top five hundred. Etymological associations with health and expansiveness have conferred upon Loida connotations of robustness and individuality, attributes that resonate with parents who seek a distinctive yet linguistically elegant choice within the corpus of Anglo-American feminine given names.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as LOY-duh (/'lɔɪdə/)

• Lina
• Lila
• Livia
• Lola
• Leida
• Lorna
• Leda