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Ava or Ada?

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Ponderingpercy · 10/09/2019 16:56

Hi all, I'm looking for a girls name. I don't have much criteria only not too unusual and I'd like it to be pretty/feminine. I love the name Ava but worry about it being so common. Could I get people's opinions on Ada? Thanks in advance 😊

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MooominMamma · 10/09/2019 19:24

Love it.

Chitarra · 10/09/2019 19:23

I prefer Ada to Ava. Or how about Ida?

FairfaxAikman · 10/09/2019 19:21

I love Ada, was too of my list for a girl but DH vetoed.

elliex1 · 10/09/2019 19:20

Love love love Ada xx

ongranaryplease · 10/09/2019 19:12

Ada is beautiful Smile

MikeUniformMike · 10/09/2019 19:10

Ava is overused and I'm not keen on it at all.
Ada is a progamming language.
There are thousands of other names you could choose from.

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Ponderingpercy · 10/09/2019 19:09

Aaah a total mix of opinions 😂 I love it but my husband doesn't really like it. Thanks for all the feedback!

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user1493494961 · 10/09/2019 19:07

Sorry, I also dislike Ada.

SoftBlocks · 10/09/2019 18:09

Sorry, don’t like Ada even with the Ada Lovelace thing.

bridgetreilly · 10/09/2019 18:07

Lovely and the connection with Ada Lovelace is a good one, too.

NoSauce · 10/09/2019 17:38

I think Ada is absolutely awful. Harsh sounding and dowdy. I don’t see the appeal at all with it.

DoctorAllcome · 10/09/2019 17:06

Ada is a great name. One of the great female scientists & a top british mathematician was Ada King, Countess of Lovelace. Her first name was actually Augusta but she went by Ada. She worked with Charles Babbage on the first ever computer made.

It is a beautiful name.

AverageMummy · 10/09/2019 17:04

Love Ada - my husband wouldn’t go for it.

xJune88 · 10/09/2019 17:01

I wanted to name dd Ada but DH didnt like. I think its gorgeous, Ava is too common x

Tenness · 10/09/2019 16:59

I love it. Beautiful name.

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