Idas
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Argonaut, killer of Castor
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɪdəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Idas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- LTLithuania≈1 in 61K(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 101K
- MAMorocco≈1 in 550K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 32 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 61K (inferred from the name graph)
≈560 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Lithuania, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Argonaut, killer of Castor
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Where in the world(measured from records)
Idas 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.
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). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Idas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In btx, a "single strand" of yarn; _dua idas-na_ two strands
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Galician, feminine plural past participle of ir
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In mrw, brother-in-law, sister-in-law
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Estonian, inessive singular of ida
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, feminine plural of ido
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 28 | #156,028 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Idas?
- A machine transcription gives /ɪdəs/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Idas mean, and where does it come from?
- Argonaut, killer of Castor Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- In which country does Idas have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 561 people named Idas in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled idas.
- How common is the name Idas?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 28 people named Idas, about 1 in 7.6 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/idasThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Idas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.