The ide Surname
ide Name Meaning and History
- English: variant of Ida. There is a place called Ide near Exeter in Devon; the etymology is obscure, perhaps from a pre-English river name; it does not seem to be connected with the surname.
- North German: variant of Ihde.
- Japanese: ‘sluice’, ‘spillway’; a topographic name for someone who lived near a dam. Variously written, it originated in Echizen and Kaga (now Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures) and is found mostly in eastern Japan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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