THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Ada
Ada is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Ada Milby. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, equivalent to English Ada
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheid (from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”)), modern German Adelheid; doublet of Alice.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Ada
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Ada Milby
rugby union player (1983-)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Ada Milby
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ada in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ada
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Adam♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adan♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adán♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adel♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adela♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adesa·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Adlai·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adlaw♂♀Sun; day
What rhymes with Ada?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ada further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q346047 — Ada (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Ada Milby (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q346047 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ada (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ada (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ada (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.