Definition of "Ida"

"Ida!!!""It is not a common, but an ancient name in Greece", said the diako,"and was borne by the wife of Lycastus and the mother of the Cretan Minos."Osmyn blushed to have been over-heard, and suffered his heart alone to repeat again the sweet and simple name of "Ida".

1809, Sydney Owenson, Woman, or, Ida of Athens, page 127

That's what they called me," she said. "My real name's Ida." The old and vulgarised Grecian name recovered a little dignity

1938, Graham Greene, Brighton Rock, Compact Books, published 1993, page 16

"Ida" - the name was magical to me. In whispers, in the dark. Beneath bedcovers. Forehead pressed to a windowpane coated with frost. "Ida". What a strange, beautiful name: I could not say it often enough: it was easy to confuse "Ida" with "I" - - -

2002, Joyce Carol Oates, I'l Take You There, Fourth Estate, published 2003, page 18