Idalia - Girl Names - Nameberry

Posted by Tisa Delillo on Saturday, June 22, 2024

I just found Idalia, and I love the meaning “behold the sun.”

  • How would you pronounce it? EE-dahl-ee-uh? EYE-dahl-ee-uh? id-AY-lee-ah?

  • Perhaps someone better versed in mythology can explain to me the origins of this name… it looks like it’s a name for Aphrodite, and also a place name? Also, how it gets the meaning “behold the sun?”

  • What do you think of Idalia? Usable? I’m probably overthinking things, but when pronounced “eye-DAH-lee-ah” does it sound too much like “idolatry?”

  • Thanks :grin:

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