Aleida

Aleida is a female given name. It, like the Dutch name Alida and their variations – Aleid, Aleide, Aleidis, Aleijd, Aleyda, etc. – is derived from the Germanic ('noble person'). The medieval names are often translated to Adelayde or Alice in English.

Aleida and its variations may refer to:

People

Medieval

• Adelaide of Cleves (c.1170–c.1238), also called Aleid, Countess of Holland, wife of Dirk VII
• Aleidis of Leuven (c. 1103–1151), Brabantian Queen consort of England, wife of Henry I
• Aleid van Holland, or Aleida van Avesnes (1228–1284), Dutch regent of Holland
• Aleid van Poelgeest (c.1370–1392), Dutch murdered mistress of the Count of Holland
• Aleydis van Schaarbeek (1204–1250), Brabantian laysister and mystic

Modern

• Aleida Assmann (born 1947), German academic
• Aleida Greve (1670–1742), Dutch painter
• Aleida Guevara (born 1960), Cuban physician and Marxist, Che Guevara's daughter
• Aleida Leurink (1682–1755), Dutch writer
• Aleida March (born 1937), Che Guevara's Cuban second wife
• Aleida Núñez (born 1981), Mexican actress, singer and model
• Aleyda Ortiz (born 1980), Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant
• Aleida Mathilda van Keulen (1920–2010), Dutch Resistance member
• Aleida Quintana (born 1987), Mexican human rights activist
• Aleida Alavez Ruiz (born 1974), Mexican politician
• Aleida Wolfsen (1648–1692), Dutch portrait and historical painter

Fictional characters

• Aleida Diaz, a character in the Netflix television series, Orange Is the New Black
• Aleida Rosales, a character in the Apple TV+ series, For All Mankind