What are your thoughts on the name Adda?

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Hi all, I'm expecting a baby girl in September and can't decide on a name. I would like something that will be connected to Poland as I am Polish. There is a Polish name Ada but pronounced completely different from English Ada. Very similar in pronunciation to Adda. Have you heard this name before? Is it nice or not really? What are your opinions please?

Yes, you spelled Elzbieta correctly!
My name is Ania so can't use it for our daughter;)

Prefer Ada

Eva is pretty. My Polish cousin was called this.

I think Adda is lovely. there will be children in her class with worse connotations than a snake, trust me. anyway snakes are cool.

I love Ada, that’s one of my favourite names. Not keen on Adda though, agreed it makes me think of the adder snake.

No, Adda is not cool - it will just say 'snake' to 90pc of the population.

How about Julia? A Polish friend of mine has a Julia and it's pretty and quite rare in England nowadays.

I have an Ah-Da, spelled Ada (Russian DH). Perfectly fine, and no one battles with it once we introduce her. Go for it!

Like your saying Asda wrong...

Maya is a beautiful name.

I think Adda is a boy’s name in Wales.

Ada and Ela are both fine as long as you (and your child) don’t mind correcting people, and letters, and forms, for ever more. Most people will pronounce Ada the British way unless told otherwise, your child might even decide to use the British pronunciation. And most people will “correct” Ela to Ella. Depends whether that bothers you.

I like Sara.

It’s a snake association for me to.

Ela and Sara are lovely. Kasia is my favourite Polish name though

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Adda will be pronounced like the poisonous snake. I wouldn't.

I know a family with the last name Adda, I'm friend with 4 of their children who are close in age so it just makes me think of them. Not a first name to me.

It’s a bit Slytherin.

My GF was Polish, and his niece (my mum's cousin) used to visit us.
She was Zosia, which I always thought sounded lovely.

Perhaps it's an "old lady" name, though!

Like the snake??

It's lovely to honor your Polish routes lots with a name, but all Brish people will think is that baby is named 'Adder' like a snake.

In Wales Adda is a boy's name.

I think you made a bit of a mistake, OP, by writing it down as 'Adda' . Because according to English spelling rules, that double 'dd' will make people think it is a short 'a' - like in 'apple'. So Adda sounding like the snake adder.

But later on you say Polish Ada is actually sounded like ah-da (so that's a long 'a'), which would be fine. Although different from the British version which is said ay-da, first part to rhyme with hay or way.

Because you put 'Adda' in your title, people keep mentioning about the snake.

I was going to write exactly what pemba has written.
Adda pronounced add er is a snake
Ahda pronounced are da is gorgeous

My Turkish friend named her daughter Ada (prounounced "ah-dah", not adder). It means "island" I think and is a beautiful strong name, love it.

Ella and Sara are lovely. If it's pronounced Saa ra you might want to spell it Sahra, otherwise the pronunciation is usually
Sae ra.
How about Zara?

Snake?