Rida - Meaning of Rida

What does Rida mean?

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Rida

[ 2 syll. ri-da, rid-a ] The baby boy name Rida is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as RIY-D-ah †. Rida is largely used in the Arabic language and its origin is also Arabic. The name is of the meaning favor. It is derived literally from the word 'rida' which means contentment, satisfaction. The name implies that the child is in god's favor; thus it has been popular with Muslims. It was borne by the Shiite imam Ali Musi Raza (764-818).

Ridah, Ryda, and Rydah are variants of Rida.

See also the related categories, god, favor (honor), and arabic.

Rida is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rida include Raddy, Radha, Radhi, Rado, Radu, Radut, Raid, Raishard, Rajeat, Reath, Reddee, Reddey, Reddi, Reddie, Reddy, Reta, Retah, Retho, Reto, and Retta.

† English pronunciation for Rida: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"