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Origin and Meaning
Germanic name element of uncertain meaning: (1) 'work, industriousness' or (2) '(wise) woman, virgin, seeress' (see also DIS)
It could be related to HILD [1]
Ancient Germanic
(1) īd = 'work' [2]
Old Norse
(1) ið = 'industrious'
(1) ið = 'work', 'activity' [3] [4]
(1) ið = 'restless motion' [5]
(1) íð = 'work', 'activity' [4]
(1) iða = 'eddy', 'whirlpool' [5]
(1) iða = 'to move to and fro', 'to be restless' [5]
(1) idh = 'industriousness' [6]
(1) ídh = 'work', 'activity' [7]
(1) iðja = 'activity', 'doing', 'business', 'profession'
(1) iðn = 'occupation', 'business' [5]
Old High German
(1) id = 'industriousness' [8]
(2) itis = 'woman', 'virgin' [6]
(2) itis = 'wise woman', 'seeress' [6] [1] [9]
Old Saxon
(2) idis = 'woman', 'virgin' [6]
(2) idis = 'wise woman', 'seeress' [6]
Old English
(1) îdig = 'industrious' [6]
Related Names
Combinations
| Name Element |
Example |
|---|---|
| ARN | see Arnida |
| BEL | see Idabel |
| BORG | see Iðbjörg (Norse) and Idburg (Saxon) |
| BRITT | see Idabritt |
| DOR | see Idor |
| DRUP | see Idrup |
| GUNN | see Idegun |
| HARD | see Idart |
| HER | see *Iþiharjaz (Norse) and Idhari (German) |
| LI | see Idali |
| LILL | see Idalill |
| LIN | see Idalina |
| LIS | see Idalisa |
| MAJ | see Idamaja |
| MARI | see Idamaria |
| RUN | see Idrun |
| ULF | see Idolf |
| ÞOR | see Idor |
First Element Forms
Id-
Ida-
Ide-
*Idi-
*Īdi-
*Iþi-
*Īþi-
Last Element Forms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
- ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
- ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lena Peterson: Lexikon över urnordiska personnamn (2004)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Richard Cleasby, Gudbrand Vigfusson: An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
- ↑ Rosa und Volker Kohlheim: Duden Lexikon der Vornamen (1998)
- ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
- ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)