Alda is a girl's name of Portuguese origin meaning “wise, old.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Alda at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Portuguese
Meaning
“wise, old”
About the name Alda
Alda belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its meaning — “wise, old” — is the sense carried by its Portuguese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Alda first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #448 in 1901, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 4,966 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.