Ada
Ada is a girl name of Germanic origin, ranked #59 in popularity, meaning Noble, nobility.
What Ada means
Noble, nobility.
Ada is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ada comes from
Germanic names are two-part compounds — a pattern that spread across northern Europe and produced cognates in half a dozen modern languages.
Ada is recorded as Germanic in origin. Browse other Germanic names.
How popular is Ada?
Ada is ranked #59, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Ada
We group Ada under Noble and German — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Ada
These share Ada's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Heidi — Noble, nobility.
- Alice — Noble; of the nobility.
- Amelia — Industrious and striving.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.
- Hugo — Mind, intellect, spirit.
- Adeline — Noble; of noble kind.
- Adalyn — Noble; of noble kind.
- Adelaide — Of noble kind.
- Adelynn — Noble and serene.
- Adina — Delicate; noble.
- Greta — Pearl.
- Liesl — Pledged to God.