There are two things beautiful about this name, which I first discovered through the late Russian animator Ideya Garanina. Elegant, even.
The first is its subtle manipulation of Ida, a name I long ago established as a personal favorite.
The second is its playful twist on the observations of Walter Benjamin—"The Russians ... like to give their children 'dehumanized' names." What I find so lovely is that here, instead of heavy machinery, we encounter the realm of thought: manual labor gives way to mental labor.
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