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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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Tenness · 10/09/2019 16:59

I love it. Beautiful name.

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

AverageMummy · 10/09/2019 17:04

Love Ada - my husband wouldn’t go for 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.

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.

bridgetreilly · 10/09/2019 18:07

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

SoftBlocks · 10/09/2019 18:09

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

user1493494961 · 10/09/2019 19:07

Sorry, I also dislike Ada.

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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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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.

ongranaryplease · 10/09/2019 19:12

Ada is beautiful Smile

elliex1 · 10/09/2019 19:20

Love love love Ada xx

FairfaxAikman · 10/09/2019 19:21

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

Chitarra · 10/09/2019 19:23

I prefer Ada to Ava. Or how about Ida?

MooominMamma · 10/09/2019 19:24

Love it.

EssentialHummus · 10/09/2019 19:25

There are two in my social circle, and I hear others at playschool etc, so increasingly popular I think. But I like it.

AdaColeman · 10/09/2019 19:30

Ada is a fabulous name!

Ava was extremely popular three or four years ago.

DramaAlpaca · 10/09/2019 21:07

Ava is nice, Ada isn't.

dementedpixie · 10/09/2019 21:12

Ada is an old lady name. I prefer Ava. I dont know anyone with either name

Kokeshi123 · 11/09/2019 00:06

They are both perfectly pleasant names, but picking Ada over Ava because you don't want a really popular name might backfire, because a) a lot of other people will also want "a slight variation on Ava because I like Ava but it is too popular" and b) it's a name featured in a popular TV show at the moment. So you might find a lot of Adas when your daughter goes to nursery. And really popular names are fine, but not if you don't want a really popular name!

Astronica · 11/09/2019 01:11

I much prefer Ada.

gilliansgardenbench · 11/09/2019 01:24

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Ponderingpercy · 11/09/2019 06:55

There are some good points here, thanks. I'm finding it really difficult to even consider any other names 🙈

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8by8 · 11/09/2019 07:25

Adaline?

SallyWD · 11/09/2019 07:29

I like it but prefer Ida.