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 - - -.
a female given name fairly popular around 1900, but rare today
Heceleme
a fe·male giv·en name fair·ly po·pu·lar a·round 1900, but rare to·day