Ada
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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) FenPT-2 p. 11,
Suffolk1381 p. 112
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1207 Ada (dat) CartNDdOurscamp CXXIX,
Ade (gen) ibid. CXXIX;
1209 Ada (nom) ibid. 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
- ● 822x875 Adde (abl) TradCorb §185
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Ada". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Ada.