Adah
AY-dah
A biblical name meaning “ornament” or “beauty.”
Meaning
Adah is a Scripture name from Hebrew, commonly glossed as “ornament” or “beauty.” The excerpts specifically connect it with the Hebrew form and note it as the name of a biblical woman. Some older writers also treated it as a name suggesting elegance or adornment.
Origin
Hebrewfeminine
Fun fact
In one Victorian naming book, Adah is described as a name the old Hebrews could use “if they wanted to be polite.”