Ada ( al-Heb. עדה - decoration) - female name.
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| Dr. Heb. עדה | |
| Origin | biblical |
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Content
- 1 Origin
- 2 Famous name carriers
- 3 Name in literature
- 4 See also
Origin
For the first time the name of Hell is found in the Tanakh ( Old Testament ). Its owner is the wife of Lamech , a descendant of Cain . The second female name mentioned in the Bible after Eve .
| And Lamech took two wives for himself: the name of one: Hell , and the name of the second: Zilla (Sella). ( Genesis 4:19 ) |
There are versions that the name is a short form of the names Adelaide , Adele , Adalbert .
Famous name carriers
- Ada Lovelace is an English female mathematician.
- Ada Rogovtseva is a Soviet and Ukrainian theater and film actress.
- Ada de Varennes is the wife of Heinrich of Scotland .
- Ada Wong - the heroine of the cult franchise Resident Evil
Name in Literature
- Ada Kleir is a character in the novel by C. Dickens, The Cold House ( 1853 ).
- Ada is a character in J. Byron 's drama Cain ( 1821 ).
- Hell, or Joy of Passion - the character of the novel by V. Nabokov ( English Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle ) ( 1969 ).
- Ada Adolfovna - character of the story of T.N. Tolstoy "Sonya" ( 1984 )
See also
- Rada (name)