Ada

Meaning

The excerpts give Ada several possible roots. One tradition links it to Old English Ead-, meaning “happy,” while another treats it as a Latinized form related to Ead/Eadith with senses like “fit, meet, proper,” and “pious, honest, rich.” A separate but often-confused biblical name, Adah, is glossed as “ornament” or “beauty,” though the excerpt notes that Adah is often mistaken as the source of Ada.

Origin

Fun fact

The excerpt specifically says Ada was often thought to come from Adah, but argues instead for an Old English/Ead- origin.