As usual, English is a bit of an oddball when it comes to pronunciation, so just assume all -ida names are "ee-dah" unless long-established in English, and the -aidas & -aisas are "ah-ee-dah" / "eye-dah" and "ah-ee-sah" / "eye-sah". ;)
[it's literally been years, but I have done a few other lists of short, similar girls' names: Eias, Elas, & Elias; Ias, Inas, & Itas; Aias, Anas & Aras; Iras & Yras, Ilas & Ylas]
- Blida ([archaic] Swedish)
- Brida ([anglicized] Irish, Italian)
- Cida ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
- Dida (Danish, Swedish, Arabic, Romanian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Arabic]
- Fida (Arabic) [unisex]
- Frida (Scandinavian, Spanish, English)
- Friida (Finnish)
- Guida (Portuguese)
- Ida (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian, Dutch)
- Iida (Finnish)
- Lida (English, Russian, Scandinavian, Persian) [multiple derivations]
- Lída (Czech)
- Liida (Finnish)
- Nida (Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Lithuanian, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
- Rida (Arabic) [masculine. Also, closer to "rid-ah" than "ree-dah"]
- Thida (Thai, Burmese) [separate derivations]
- Tida (Scandinavian)
- Vida (Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, English, Persian) [multiple derivations, masculine in Hungarian]
- Yida (Mandarin) [unisex]
- Aida (really, everywhere) [multiple derivations]
- Daida (Spanish)
- Fraida (Yiddish)
- Gaida (Latvian)
- Laida (Spanish, Basque)
- Maida (Scandinavian, Bosnian, English) [multiple derivations, "may-dah" in English]
- Naida (Croatian, Bosnian, English, Spanish) [multiple derivations, usually "nay-dah" in English]
- Saida (Arabic, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
- Smaida (Latvian)
- Taida (Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Croatian, Polish, Latvian)
- Vaida (Lithuanian, Latvian)
- Zaida (Arabic)
- Brisa (Spanish)
- Chisa (Japanese)
- Cisa (Germanic mythology) [German pronunciation of -isa names is "ee-zah" rather than "ee-sah"]
- Dísa (Icelandic)
- Disa (Scandinavian)
- Gisa (German)
- Hisa (Japanese)
- Iisa (Finnish)
- İsa (Turkish) [masculine]
- Isa (Arabic, Spanish, German, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations; masculine in Arabic]
- Kiisa (Finnish)
- Kisa (Danish, Japanese) [separate derivations, more common in fiction than IRL in Japanese]
- Liisa (Finnish, Estonian)
- Lísa (Icelandic)
- Lisa (all over the western world)
- Miisa (Finnish)
- Misa (Japanese, Scandinavian) [separate derivations; unisex in Scandinavia]
- Niisa (Finnish)
- Nisa (Turkish, Thai, Scandinavian) [separate derivations]
- Risa (Japanese, English, Scandinavian) [multiple derivations]
- Sisa (Quechua)
- Tisa (English, Serbian, Nepalese [Newar?]) [separate derivations]
- Viisa (Finnish)
- Vísa (Icelandic)
- Visa (Scandinavian) [unisex]
- Yisa (Nigerian [Edo?]) [masculine]
- Zisa (Germanic mythology, Yiddish) [separate derivations]
- Aisa (Scandinavian, Japanese, Greek mythology) [separate derivations]
- Caisa (Scandinavian)
- Faisa (Arabic, Swahili)
- Kaisa (Scandinavian, Estonian)
- Maisa (Scandinavian, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish) [multiple derivations]
- Raisa (Arabic, Finnish, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian) [multiple derivations]
- Taísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese)
- Taisa (Russian, Belarusian)
- Thaísa ([Brazilian] Portuguese, Spanish)
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