Languages: This girl's name is used in English, Greek and Spanish.

Alternative Spellings: Leida, Leyda and Lida

Popularity: The name Leda ranked 1951st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Narrative: According to Greek mythology, Leda was a queen of Sparta. She was visited by Zeus in the form of a swan, and subsequently gave birth to two pairs of twins.

The male pair were Castor and Pollux, whose temple would grace the Roman forum as a symbol of brotherly devotion. The female pair were Clytemnestra, wife and murderer of Agamemnon, and Helen of Troy, whose beauty led to the Trojan War.