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What does Ouida mean?
Ouida 
▼ as a girls' name is of English and Old German origin, and the meaning of Ouida is "famous warrior". Variant of Louise. Used as the pen name of a Victorian romantic novelist named Marie Louise de la Ramée. It came into use as a childish version of Louisa. It may also be of African origin, derived from Ouidah, City of Benin in West Africa.
ENDS WITH -da
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA LOUISA, LOUISE Lluisa, Louisa▼, Louiza, Luisa▲, Luise, Lujza, Lula▼, Lulita
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Ouira, ..
(male) Ouiot, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ouida Malayah (O.M.), ..
How popular is Ouida?
Ouida is a very popular first name for females (#1909 out of 4276, Top 45%) but a unique surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ouida reached its peak position of #625 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not listed at the moment. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Louisa (#732 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Louise (#800), Luisa (#1112) and Lula (#1860) are the prominent variation forms of Ouida. These relations of Ouida were popular as birth names a century ago (AVERAGE #530) and are now much less widespread (#1300, ▼95.9%), with versions such as Ouida falling out of fashion. Luisa is the most fashionable birth name among these.
Similar Names
Ouida▼ is pronounced similarly to Ada▼, Adda▼, Adia, Aeeda, Aida, Aidah, Auda, Audi, Ayda, Eda▼, Edda, Ida▼, Ieeda, Oda and Uda. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Abida, Alida▼, Elida, Faida, Frida▲, Guida, Heida, Huda, Hulda▼, Irida, Jaida, Leida, Lida▼, Loida, Lucida, Maida, Naida, Odila, Ofira, Oleda, Olia, Olida, Olina, Olinda, Olisa, Oliva, Oneida, Onida, Onita, Onyda, Oria, Orina, Orinda, Oula, Reida, Rida, Saida, Thida, Veida, Vida and Zaida. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ouida.
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