Origin of the name Ada:
Pet form of Adele (noble) and Adelaide (noble one), Ada is also a Germanic cognate of the biblical Adah (adornment) and an Ibo name meaning "first-born female."
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Second female named in The Bible.
Name of two minor characters in the bible, one was the wife of Esau.
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