Aida
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian in quiet use since the 1870s. Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, which premiered in 1871.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Aida (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Aida has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 15 |
| 1999 | 20 |
| 2000 | 16 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 14 |
| 2012 | 13 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 16 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 961 |
| 2000 | 988 |
| 2001 | 1,006 |
| 2002 | 1,026 |
| 2003 | 1,054 |
| 2004 | 1,081 |
| 2005 | 1,104 |
| 2006 | 1,147 |
| 2007 | 1,188 |
| 2008 | 1,215 |
| 2009 | 1,239 |
| 2010 | 1,280 |
| 2011 | 1,315 |
| 2012 | 1,348 |
| 2013 | 1,380 |
| 2014 | 1,423 |
| 2015 | 1,464 |
| 2016 | 1,500 |
| 2017 | 1,542 |
| 2018 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 1,630 |
| 2020 | 1,668 |
Aida in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Aida.Hi! My name is Aida.
- Har du träffat Aida? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Aida? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Aida kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Aida is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Aidas mamma är lärare.Aida's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Aidas mamma is Aida's mum.
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Questions about Aida
How do you pronounce Aida in Swedish?
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What does the name Aida mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Italian in quiet use since the 1870s. Borrowed from Italian Aida, made famous by Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aida, which premiered in 1871.
How popular is Aida in Sweden?
16 babies were named Aida in 2022. In 2020, 1,668 people in Sweden had Aida as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.