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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Name etymology #103836 05/21/2003 3:10 PM Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1 jaults stranger jaults stranger Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1 Hiya... I'm looking for some history of the name of my best friend's brand new baby. Her name is Alita, which is a variant spelling of Aleda. I haven't had much luck Googling for the etymology of these names, beyond finding their meaning: small winged one... Can anyone offer a website or somesuch that might have the history of these names? I am particularly interested in the root words for these names. Thanks,    Jason Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Name etymology #103837 05/21/2003 3:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Possible variant "Aleta" = birdlike Name, Meaning, Origin, Gender. Aaliyah, high exalted, to ascend, Arabic, Hebrew, Girl. ... Ahava, name of a river, love, Hebrew, Girl. ... Alesti, Girl. Aleta, Bird-Like, Latin, Girl. ... www.babynameworld.com/a-girl.asp cached | more results from this Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Name etymology #103838 05/21/2003 4:23 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Bean old hand Bean old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,156 Hi Jason, Life is just too weird. My supervisor's wife just had a baby in November and guess what her name is - Alida. They say (and it makes sense to me, from my knowledge of Italian) that it means "winged one" in Latin. Since ali is wings, and the da ending sounds like past tense ta, I'm willing to believe them. Small world, eh? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: Name etymology #103839 05/21/2003 9:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Hi Jason and welcome to the monkey-house. I think that wwh has given you the best answer you're likely to get, ably seconded by our Newfie. Stick around. New blood is meat and drink to this bunch of vampires! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,424 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 19 A C Bowden 7 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,239 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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