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 🙏🏼

I like the name but don't understand why people change spellings?
I don't look at the word cauliflower and think, 'No, I will spell it as khollleeeflour,' .

For what it's worth, Ada and Adah are the same name, same pronunciation in Hebrew (עָדָה) - just different ways to transliterate. I would not think of one as more legitimate than the other, but I will say that I've typically seen the (modern) Hebrew name written as Ada in English/in the Latin alphabet unless it specifically refers to an historical/Biblical Adah.

Totally subjectively, Adah feels to me like someone that might have a close connection to either Judaism or Christianity (because the Old Testament is important to both) OR perhaps to some traditional uses in the USA and the Caribbean. Ada feels more like a stand-alone English name not necessarily as close to its cultural roots. (But it may be worth noting that Ada is pronounced AH-da in a lot of European languages.)

Aida I would read as a simplified version of Aïda (eye-EE-dah).

Adah is a valid name, it's Hebrew, but I don't know how it's usually pronounced and from what little I know about other Hebrew names, I'd probably expect it to be Add-a rather than Aid-a.

Aida is Aye-ee-da.

I've never met anyone who didn't pronounce Ada as Aid-a. I don't think you'll have any problem with that spelling.

We no longer live in Biblical times so ...
Ada is the right way for today.

Ada is gorgeous.

I know someone who called their baby Ayda and I think it's beautiful like that.

Ada 🥰