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Adah

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Adah: Hebrew Meaning of Adah: "ornament"
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Pronounced AH-dah, this unusual biblical name -- the first female name in Genesis after Eve, and given to a number of women in the Old Testament -- is a softer Ada equivalent.

There are two Adahs in the bible, including one who was the mother of Jabal and Jubal, the other a wife of Esau.

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Adah Isaacs Menken, 19th-century American actress

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Adah Ellen Price is a character from Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible, twin to Leah. With the nickname "Ade" it is indicated she pronounces it AY-da.

Nicknames & Variations for Adah

Ada, Addah

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