The girl's name 'Adah'...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you want it pronounced correctly, spell it Ada. I think of it like Nina. Coming back to the young'uns. Very pretty.

My partner's coworker is named Nina and she pronounces it Nine-ah nor Knee-nah. Says it's southern.

Huh. I know a southern Nina who is Knee-nah.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh-duh or aaaaa-duh?

Can someone please explain the difference between these??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh-duh or aaaaa-duh?

Can someone please explain the difference between these??

"Ahhh" like "Say "ah."

"Aaaa" like "apple"

[Anonymous]

I think it's pretty, but I am used to the Ada spelling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh-duh or aaaaa-duh?

Can someone please explain the difference between these??

"Ahhh" like "Say "ah."

"Aaaa" like "apple"

Thank you! It would have never occurred to me to pronounce the second like 'apple'.

[Anonymous]

I love it! I know two little Adas so it's not all that unusual. I don't like the Adah spelling, that would confuse me, stick with Ada.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I like the Adah spelling but I like the pronunciation aaa- dah. Long a. Is this correct with Adah ?

This is where I'm not sure .

If you like the pronunciation AYE-dah, you should name her Ada. I would pronounce Adah ADD-uh.

[Anonymous]

I knew how to pronounce it because I'm Jewish.

My son's middle name is Eitan. You can't imagine how people butcher it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I like the Adah spelling but I like the pronunciation aaa- dah. Long a. Is this correct with Adah ?

This is where I'm not sure .

If you like the pronunciation AYE-dah, you should name her Ada. I would pronounce Adah ADD-uh.

I would spell the name pronounced AYE-dah as Ida.

I would spell the name pronounced A-dah (A as in the letter A) as Ada -- like Ava.

[Anonymous]

NO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here- I like the Adah spelling but I like the pronunciation aaa- dah. Long a. Is this correct with Adah ?

This is where I'm not sure .

If you like the pronunciation AYE-dah, you should name her Ada. I would pronounce Adah ADD-uh.

I would spell the name pronounced AYE-dah as Ida.

I would spell the name pronounced A-dah (A as in the letter A) as Ada -- like Ava.

AYE is probably mean to represent the long A sound, like Amos or Aidan. Or Ada.

[Anonymous]

DUH!

[Anonymous]

If you want to spend the rest of your life in this discussion ... its aaa duhh not A DUH! then go ahead. Gets pretty boring after about 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Well I think this is a similar problem with the Ava/Eva family of names. Is it Eee-va? Eh-va? Ahhh-va?

[Anonymous]

I like it.

FYI, Ada is definitely coming back into style (probably on the heels of Ava). It jumped almost 50 places in the 2013 SS rankings from 485 to 436. I suspect it will move up even further over the next few years.