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ADA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian

Pronounced: AY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish)   [key]

Short form of ADELAIDE. This name was borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
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