Bida

loc · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bʲida/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bida is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda. Compare kobita.

rarermore common
  • UAUkraine≈1 in 15Kas Біда(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 50K
  • PLPoland1 in 55K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bida itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,700 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
98 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 50K (inferred from the name graph)

Algeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BidaLatin(measured from records)
БідаCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Біда in UA Ukraine and Бида in CN China.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda. Compare kobita.

Sources 2

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bida counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bida is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈6,700 est.≈1 in 208K—Бида1
UA Ukraine≈3,000 est.≈1 in 15K—Біда29
DZ Algeria≈860 est.≈1 in 50Klisted—1
BR Brazil8441 in 251K844——
PL Poland6941 in 55K389—29
SI Slovenia201 in 105K20——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); the dz-kaggle-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bida is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India

    Also written Bidà

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bìda

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bidá

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Bìda, Bidá

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bida is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cau-and-pro, 1 dirt 2 diarrhea

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In Cebuano, used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In wlo, Butonese fabric, formerly made of local cotton

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In Latin, Djemaa Saharidj (an ancient city in Algeria)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, protagonist; main character (of a story)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In nup, Bida (a city in Niger, Nigeria)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Alexandre Bida, b. 1813Adriano Bida, b. 1942Habib Bida, b. 1953

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 31 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Bida
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—844#10,770
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026389—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—389#8,535
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)2026305—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—305#10,672
SI Sloveniastat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)—20#13,570
DZ AlgeriaAlgerian names (Kaggle, MIT)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bida mean, and where does it come from?
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *běda. Compare kobita. Recorded by Wiktionary and Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc.
How do you pronounce Bida?
A machine transcription gives /bʲida/ (IPA) for Hindi.
In which country does Bida have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.7 thousand people named Bida in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled бида.
How common is the name Bida?
In Brazil, the national register counted 844 people named Bida, about 1 in 251 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bida”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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