Her married name is Smith, so I'm glad she has a name that is a little unusual. * Ada-suffix. Rhymes with Ava.
You can use the Alternate name speller to get unique spellings for common names. But she is happy with the name.
That is why we display the most common spelling of the name.
We are trying to decide between the spelling Ada or Aida.
We absolutely love our choice! My grandmother's name was Ida, so it was close enought.I love the soft sound Ah-da though Ay-da is lovely too. This names correct English spelling is: Ada * I was named Ada after my Grandmother.
I worried about the opera/musical as well so I'm glad to know that other people had similar thoughts.Yes! I was often teased as "Ada Potato." To rate names on Nameberry, please register for an account or log in to an existing account.Ay-da. I would love to use it as a middle name, but I just can't get over how much I dislike how it sounds! Evita is the musical.
Originally a diminutive of the names that begin with Ade- like Adelaide.
Now my last name sounds like a number, so people get confused and think I'm saying "8-11.
My grandmother was born in 1892, and my daughter was born in 1978.
* Ada means island in Turkish.Not a common name but preferable if you love names about nature. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer. Ada-potato has been shortened to Tater. If you go with Aida, a LOT of people are going to pronounce it like...the name it is, rather than the name you want. Use Ada if you want the ay-duh pronunciation and want to avoid confusion, because I think the eye-ee-duh pronunciaiton for Aida is common enough.I have a fairly common name spelled oddly, and while I've made peace with it, it was a real headache growing up.So we thought we would take a poll. People were signing up to play beer pong and there was an Ada signed up. We are trying to decide between two different spellings for our baby girl's name. Same. An English form of the name is Adah. In English Baby Names the meaning of the name Ada is: Wealthy. One origin is the Germanic element "adel-" meaning "nobility", for example as part of the names Adelaide and Adeline. I love to hear that and it gives me a nice connection to my great grandmother Ada. It can also be a short form of Adelaide, and is a West African name of obviously different etymology.Know an Ada? Ada is a feminine given name.
Also a , Adelalde, or Adeline.
Attaboy definition is - —used to express encouragement, approval, or admiration.
My name is Amanda, so I suppose that's why I was really drawn to it since the first and last syllable are the same. She was always the only Ada in her classes at school.