Ada? (Girl name)

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I am Polish and we are looking for a name which could be used in both countries. Could you tell me how does Ada sound to your native speaker ears? :)

Ada is a lovely name and fairly popular these days too.

My opinion only but its a very old fashioned name and it sounds harsh.

Sorry did you mean literally how it sounds? It would be pronounced 'ay-da', like the ay in the word play.

A (capital a) da
Is the only way I can describe it 😂
Lovely name

Lovely name

I like it. I’d pronounce it more like Aid-a

It's lovely. I'd say AY (like the capital A) da

It's fine and is popular in my area of England and has been for a number of years.

To me it sounds a little bit vintage but still of the moment. Perfectly good choice.

Love it...was one of my top but went with another very traditional name

It’s a beautiful name!

I say Aye-da.
Love it - would have used it for DS if he had been a girl.

Thank you! Very interesting on pronunciation, I was expecting something more like Adam (just without ‘m’)

I quite like it. It was my MIL's name, but she never used it. I would have considered it for a dd if I had had one.

It's a lovely name. I would say Aid-a

Lovelace!

It's lovely and works well in English. My DGM was Ada

It's Aye-Da in England.
Possibly Ah-der in Europe?

We went with Adelaide, Ada for short. I like old fashioned things, names among them.

The other reason we decided on Ada though is perhaps more relevant to you. My partner is Hungarian and we wanted a name that worked across both cultures. As lovely as names like Orsolya and Csilla are, they are difficult for English speakers to pronounce and spell, and it's England where she will be brought up. At the same time, my partner quite rightly wanted our daughter to have a name her family could understand.

In England we call her "Ay-da" and in Hungary we call her "Ah-da". She understands both to be her name, aswell as Adelaide.

Of course, if both you and your partner are Polish then it makes sense you would pronounce it exclusively the Polish way. She will have to correct teachers/anyone that reads her name out without knowing her beforehand, but once they get corrected I've no doubt it will be fine.

For what it's worth, I really like the "Ah-da" way of pronouncing it.

I only know one child called Ada at the moment, she’s got Italian parents and it’s more like the Ah-da pronunciation.

I was sure that Ada Lovelace is pronounced exactly the same as in Polish. So as in 'adder' the snake. My cousin is called Ada so I do love the name (we're also Polish). I also have a British acquaintance who called her little girl Ada and I always thought it sounded great. xx

Adam without the m sounds like adder, which is Britain's only poisonous snake. It is a pretty sounding word, no doubt, but I'm not sure if the snake reference is too much?

I pronounce it Ay-duh.

It was my great grandmother's name so I've always considered it very old fashioned (she was born in the 1870s).

I know an Ada pronounced Ad-ah aged about 12. I like it.

Wouldn't it be Ida in Polish?

Absolutely beautiful name x