Idema is a Dutch and West Frisian patronymic surname meaning "son of Ide".[1][2] Variant forms are Iedema, IJdema, and Ydema. People with the surname include:

  • Dan Idema (born 1985), Canadian poker player
  • David Cole Idema (born 1950), American soft rock singer
  • Jonathan Idema (1956–2012), American bounty hunter and vigilante running a private prison in Afghanistan
  • Wilt L. Idema (born 1944), Dutch Sinologist and Harvard University professor

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  1. ^ Idema at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Ide at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands