To help or noble
Aide is a name with dual potential roots. In French, it is a direct vocabulary word meaning 'to help' or 'assistant.' It is also frequently used as a Spanish diminutive or variant of Adelaida, which stems from Germanic roots meaning 'noble type.'
Less common today
Aide isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,574 in 1996.
Mexican professional taekwondo practitioner
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).