Etta or Ada?!

[KellyLianne87]

Hi Everyone
Our baby girl is a week old and we are undecided on a name. We love both Etta and Ada but cannot decide between the two! We are however settled on the middle name Maeve. Hoping to get some opinions on which you lovely people prefer and why?

Etta Maeve
Or
Ada Maeve

Thanks so much

Etta!

Tough choice as I like both but I think Ada just pips it.

Both are nice but prefer Ada - DS would have been Ada if he'd been a girl.

Like them both but I always loved Ada and if I was having a girl she would probably be called that 💗

I Etta sandwich. I Etta banana.

I prefer Ada.

Really like Ada!

I've never seen Etta except on MN (and Etta James but her name was really Jamesetta Hawkins).

Love Ada!

Dont like either. Ava?

Etta is lovely!

Ada by a mile (Etta seems to be getting popular near us and I don't get it at all). That said, Ada Maeve does not flow as well as Etta Maeve.

Ada is my preference. Etta sounds unfinished and harsh in comparison.

Etta Maeve. Stunning 🥰

Ada by a mile.

Etta is pronounced terribly in my accent and sounds really harsh.

Ada for me too! Congratulations on your baby girl

Etta was a boys name in Saxon times.
Ada is great, good role model too with Ada Lovelace who worked with Turing to invent the computer.

Yes to Ada Lovelace being a great namesake but she didn’t work contemporaneously with Turing. He read her notes and she was influential on his thinking but he addressed her work in his own writing a full hundred years after her death.

Ada. Love it.

Ada by a million miles. Etta doesn't feel like a full name and has terrorist connotations.

ETA is spelt differently and has been dissolved. Fair enough if you don’t like the name but unless you are Spanish it’s not a reason not to use it.

Ada is a proper name. Etta feels like a nickname, a half name. So. Ada.

I love Ada.

I LOVE Etta! Ada is ok but Etta is so much nicer in my opinion

I love Etta, and prefer it.
I think Ada is too popular now because of pesky blinders, but it is a lovely name.

Ada

Etta Maeve! Adore this combo I love Maeve too. Think both Etta and Ada are lovely but Etta is just that bit more unusual xx