Ada
f.
A short form of any of various names beginning with Old High German adal 'noble'.
The name of a 7th C saint and a 13th C countess of Holland.
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1381 Ada (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 112
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1209 Ada (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LII;
1260 Ade (gen) ArrestReg-volI XXIII, Ascension;
1301 Ada (abl) MemPic-vol17 p. 257
- Old French
- ● 1313 Ade Paris1313 p. 84
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x75 Adde (abl) TradCorb §185
Preview. DO NOT cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ada". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2015/1/name/Ada.