Help with spelling this baby name !

[mayse10]

Hello- please be kind I’ve seen some awful comments on similar posts !

myself and partner finally agree on our little girls name. Ada

however the next barrier is how we spell this. I don’t really like the Ada spelling as it is very very short. I liked the spelling Adah, I think it added a softness to it but does it look like I’m trying to spell ADHD 🤣But I know it could also be spelt Aida.

so….

Ada
Adah
Aida

kindness please 🙏🏼

This is how I would say these names too. Aida like the opera.

Everyone knows how to pronounce Ada. Follows the same pattern as Ava and Eva. So no confusion. Totally normal and straightforward name.

Both Aida and Adah are names in their own right and both are pronounced differently to Ada. If you use those spellings then you are likely to get the name pronounced wrongly. Also your daughter will spend her life saying 'it's Ada but spelt......'. Seems a shame for what could be simple name to spell (as someone who has a surname I always have to spell).

Love Ada but I love a palindrome 😄 so sad I never got to use the name Hannah

I love the name Ada and love the simple spelling

Aida is a different name and pronounced 'Ay-eeda'.

Adah is either just made-up, or also a different name.

If you like the name Ada, just call her Ada.

To be fair, I really don't think Adah is made up.

And I believe it's pronounced differently to Ada

Ayda

Leave it, it’s lovely as it is. Other spellings look weird.

Ada, but isn't Robbie Williams' wife Ayda? I would pronounce Aida as Eye ee da so avoid that.

If you’re naming her Adah because it’s from the Old Testament, then you know it’s not said Ada. It’s a different name. Essentially you’ve listed 3 separate names but you want the pronunciation Ada. So call her Ada!

Ada is lovely.
Adah is pronounced completely differently
Aida is the title character of an opera and pronounce a-EE-da. Strictly speaking, spelled Aïda, but these days most people don’t use ï

There is no "perhaps" about it if you're invoking names from the Old Testament.book of Genesis! It was not (gasp) written by Christians! You are claiming the information solely for the "Christian tradition" and erasing the culture that first produced Genesis. (I'm neither Jewish nor Christian but I don't like sloppy research.) And you are also ignoring the proper Hebrew pronunciation of "Adah."

It's a different name, with a different pronunciation. If you like the pronunciation of Adah, call her that.

You can't spell it Adah and pronounce it Ada.

Yes Adah and Ada are pronounced differently. Ada is beautiful although I'm biased as my DD2 is Ada.

Ada is how the name is spelled, so that's how you should spell it. If you don't want a short name, choose a longer one!

As almost everyone else says, stick with Ada.

I'd pronounce Aida like the opera (Ay-EE-Dah). I've got the Grand March from Aida running through my head right now.

I haven't come across any Adahs, but would assume the pronunciation was Ah-dah.

How about Aeda?

I know an Ayda.

Adah would make me pronounce Ah-Da.

Aid makes me think of aids.

I like Ada best, but Ayda would be better than the ones you’ve suggested if Ada is a no.

Aida is pronounced Ah-ee-da usually.

Ada is lovely.

Ada. Keep it simple

Ada
Adah looks yoonique even though its roots are biblical!
Aida - that is pronounced very differently - like the opera.

If you want the sound Ada, you need to use the spelling Ada.

I think Aida and Adah might have the problem of mispronunciation as well as likely misspelling so would be a no go for me.

Despite its trendiness I think Ada is a nice name for a girl/woman. I like that it looks simple and elegant, that it’s a cool palindrome and has a great feminist historical role model in Lovelace. To me spelling it Adah or Aida would ruin that.

No other way to spell it!