Names like Ada?

[johendy]

I have come to really like this but DH isn't so sure. Can you suggest other names of a similar 'style'?

Not too popular though, I have a popular name and 3 close friends have the same name, so I want to avoid that. For that reason Ava and Mia, which have been long time favourites, are out.

Thoughts?

I love Ada - it was my grandmother's name (Ada Florence). A more modern spelling is Ayda (Robbie William's wife).

Love Ada much nicer than Ava x

My grandma and her sisters were called Edna, Una and Eva. I'm not sure about Edna, but I've always thought Una and Eva were nice.

I know a little Ida which I think is a sweet name.

Martha
Clara
Flora

Silvie

Ida
Ivy
Edie
Ayda

Edith
Audrey
Beatrice
Pearl
Vivienne
Hettie
Annie
Nell

I don't think Ayda is a modern spelling of Ada - IIRC Robbie's wife is of Turkish descent.

I guess you'll be looking at turn of the century type names: Florence is a good example, although really popular now. Ivy is another, but I was shocked to look that up last night to find it's at no.66 in the 2013 chart.

How about:

Eliza
Olive
Beatrice

Agatha although I do prefer the Polish version which is Agata with the stress on the middle syllable

DD is Ada, other name we like are..

Florence
Iris
Beatrice
Violet

DD is 2.6 and we've yet to meet another Ada in rl!

Eva

I LOVE the name Florence.. but with our surname.. it'd be very very cruel..
(Think lady of the lamp who was a nurse!) I am expecting and if enough people on MN think it's actually ok to call our daughter Florence Nightingale I may reconsider.. but for now she'll be Clara .. What say you?

Love Clara.

Thanks all. I never really thought of Ada as Granny Chic, which is how lots of these sound to me.
I think it's the short snappy, 2 syllable name I like.

Short and snappy 2 syllable:

Zoe
Norah
Chloe
Cleo
Farragut
Violet
Noelle
Tamar
Erin
Marnie
Nova
Merryn
Lois
Zara
Amy
Hazel
Astrid
Portia
Juno

^^ most of the 2-syllable names from our list, if we have a girl in may she'll be Adelaide (if I get my way ;) ) probably nn Ada

Obv Farrah, NOT Farragut haha!!

I desperately wanted to call my daughter Ada , it was always the name I had in my head for a daughter.
Unfortunately, my marriee surname did not go with Ada at all so it was not to be :(

Hilda
Brenda
Doreen
Marjorie

Beryl
Maud
Irene

Ivy
Etta
Isla
Martha

I love Ada, we can't use it though unfortunately.

I also like:

Iris
Rose
Edith (which I never would have considered, but someone I used to work with called their daughter it and it worked so well)

Anna
Eloise
Ella
Annalee

Ada is gorgeous!

Edith
Maude
Martha

I love Ida

Not enough Idas these days

It IS rather an old lady name though, and I say that as someone with a three year old Ada. The main feedback I get is from elderly people saying it was their mother's or aunt's name. "All these old names coming around again..."