Gender Feminine
Meaning & History
Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also 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.
Related Names
VariantAada(Finnish)
Other Languages & CulturesAlina(Belarusian) Alisa(Bosnian) Adelina(Bulgarian) Alícia(Catalan) Adéla, Alice(Czech) Alice, Heidi(Danish) Adélaïde, Adèle, Adélie, Adeline, Alice, Alicia, Alix, Aline, Alison, Lina, Line, Lyna(French) Elke(Frisian) Alisa(Georgian) Aliki, Kiki(Greek) Adél, Aliz, Alida, Alíz(Hungarian) Ailís, Ailish(Irish) Alise, Alīna(Latvian) Adelė(Lithuanian) Elke(Low German) Aalis(Medieval French) Azalaïs(Occitan) Adelaide, Adelina, Alice, Alícia(Portuguese) Aline(Portuguese (Brazilian)) Adela, Adelina, Alina(Romanian) Alisa, Alina(Russian) Aileas, Ailis(Scottish Gaelic) Adela, Alica(Slovak) Alina(Slovene) Alice, Alicia, Heidi(Swedish) Alisa, Alina(Ukrainian) Alis(Welsh)
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Sources & References
- Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 153.
