Aida

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Would you pronounce it the same as Ada?

Yes.

No, I'd pronounce it Ida.

I would say i-ee-da, like the musical

Sorry, opera

Thanks guys, the i-ee-da like the opera was what I was worried about hadn't thought of Ida now worried about that.

Shame as I really like Ada but dh doesn't like the look of it and would want to spell it Aida.
Ahh well still have months and months to grind him down.

I know 2 "Aida"s - one is pronounced I-ee-da (elderly American lady), one is Ida (10 year old with mixed European parentage) - neither is Ada.

Ada.

Beautiful name.

I believe it's the Italian version of an Arabic name sometimes spelled Ayda.
Perhaps a Mumsnetter who knows Arabic can kindly help with the proper pronounciation, and even tell us whether the Italian composer Verdi borrowed the Arabic name correctly??

In English (following the 19th cent Italian) it's usually Ah-ee-dah or Aye-ee-dah.
It's spoken here www.forvo.com/languages/it/tag/opera/by-date/

I'd pronounce it Eye- ee -dah , like the opera.

It's eye-ee-dah like the opera.

Agreed Aida is said like in the Opera (I wanted it badly for dd1 dh vetoed :()

Aida mispells as Aids on androids..:S

Really, spell it Ada. Which is lovely. :)

Ada