Name: Ada
Gender: Female
Usage: Ada, of african origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Ada are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ada across the world, see Adelaide.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ada is: Noble kind, Wealthy.
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Numerology of the first name Ada: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Ada is ranked on the 1,498th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 306400 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.005% of the population. The name Ada has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ada for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Ada is a feminine given name. One source indicates it originates from a Germanic word meaning "nobility". It can also be a short form of names such as Adelaide and Adeline. The name also traces to Hebrew origin, sometimes spelt Adah - עָדָה, meaning "
The name has seen a slight increase in popularity in the United States in recent years, where it was the 646th most common name given to baby girls born there in 2007. It had been among the top 100 names for girls in the United States between 1880 and 1912 and remained in the top 1,000 names for girls until 1985. It first reappeared among the top 1,000 names for girls in 2004, after a 19 year absence. Finnish variant Aada was among the top ten most popular names given to newborn girls in Finland in 2013. The name is also commonly used in Norway, where it was the 66th most popular name for girls born in 2007.
Its increase in popularity has been attributed to the popularity of other "simple, old-fashioned names beginning with a vowel" such as Ava and Ella Some of its popularity might also be attributed to Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the daughter of George Gordon, Lord Byron, who has been called the first computer programmer by some historians. Ada, a computer programming language, was named in her honor. St. Ada was also the name of an early saint and of several medieval queens and princesses.
English: of uncertain origin, apparently not generally bestowed before the late 18th century. In part, this is a pet form of Adele and Adelaide, and so it may go back to a Germanic female personal name, a short form of various compound names with the first element adal noble. Ada was the name of a 7th-century abbess of Saint-Julien-des-Prés at Le Mans. Alternatively, it may represent a variant of Adah.
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