Aleida

Aleida is a female given name. Like Alida, The Dutch name is derived from the Germanic Adelheid ("noble person"). Minor variations are Aleid, Aleide, Aleidis, Aleijd, Aleyda, etc. The medieval names are often translated to Alice or Adelayde in English. It may refer to:

Medieval people

• Aleidis of Leuven (c. 1103 –1151), Brabantian Queen consort of England, wife of Henry I
• Aleid of Cleves (c.1170–c.1238), Countess of Holland, wife of Dirk VII
• Aleydis van Schaarbeek (1204–1250), Brabantian laysister and mystic
• 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

Modern

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

Fictional character

• Aleida Diaz, character in the Orange Is the New Black TV series