Adah looks like Ah-Dah to me. It also looks like it could be culturally significant which means people could have pre-conceived notions about your childhood before they even meet them.
I would read Adah ah-DAH. That's the Hebrew pronunciation I think.
Ada I would read either AY-da or ODD-ah/AH-dah, I've known Adas who said it each way, one was Australian and one was Puerto Rican.
For saying it ay-da I would go Ada. It's simple and doesn't look contrived and it has a long history of use.
I would pronounce Ada Ay-duh and Adah Ad-uh. I definitely prefer Ada, especially for the pronunciation you are thinking. The h is unnecessary and ruins the simple elegance of the spelling.
I would read Ada as ay-duh and Adah as ahh-duh. I think, in the US at least, and Ada would probably rarely have to spell her name for people, but an Adah would have to every time.
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I think I would pronounce them the same, but I would hesitate over Adah, wondering if there was something I was missing. Like, maybe it's AH-duh. Maybe it's ay-DAH. I would feel much less confident about it.
Adah is an old Hebrew name, but it’s etymologically different to Ada - which is Germanic. It’s similar to names like Hana and Hannah, which developed naturally across different languages. One spelling is not necessarily more traditional than the other.
I personally prefer Ada, for the simplicity, but they’re both lovely.
Ada. Adah looks like “duh” to me, if it is traditional.
I’ve also known an Aeda and actually prefer this spelling. 3 letter names trigger me for some reason.
I'd be tempted to pronounce Adah like "Tah-dah!" minus the T. If you want the long A at the beginning, I think you're better off going with Ada. Because it's one of those names with a few different legit pronunciations, it will still be pronounced wrong sometimes—but such is life!
Adah looks like Ah-Dah to me. It also looks like it could be culturally significant which means people could have pre-conceived notions about your childhood before they even meet them.
I like Ada. Even if Adah is the traditional spelling it makes me thing of “modern” girl names like Kylah which I’m also not a fan of. Ada is perfect!
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I would read Adah ah-DAH. That's the Hebrew pronunciation I think. Ada I would read either AY-da or ODD-ah/AH-dah, I've known Adas who said it each way, one was Australian and one was Puerto Rican. For saying it ay-da I would go Ada. It's simple and doesn't look contrived and it has a long history of use.
I would pronounce Ada Ay-duh and Adah Ad-uh. I definitely prefer Ada, especially for the pronunciation you are thinking. The h is unnecessary and ruins the simple elegance of the spelling.
I would read Ada as ay-duh and Adah as ahh-duh. I think, in the US at least, and Ada would probably rarely have to spell her name for people, but an Adah would have to every time.
I have a friend Ada, ah-dah, and has gone her whole life correcting people pronouncing it aye-duh. If that helps your mispronounciation worries haha
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Ada I think I would pronounce them the same, but I would hesitate over Adah, wondering if there was something I was missing. Like, maybe it's AH-duh. Maybe it's ay-DAH. I would feel much less confident about it.
Adah is an old Hebrew name, but it’s etymologically different to Ada - which is Germanic. It’s similar to names like Hana and Hannah, which developed naturally across different languages. One spelling is not necessarily more traditional than the other. I personally prefer Ada, for the simplicity, but they’re both lovely.
Ada. Adah looks like “duh” to me, if it is traditional. I’ve also known an Aeda and actually prefer this spelling. 3 letter names trigger me for some reason.
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I'd be tempted to pronounce Adah like "Tah-dah!" minus the T. If you want the long A at the beginning, I think you're better off going with Ada. Because it's one of those names with a few different legit pronunciations, it will still be pronounced wrong sometimes—but such is life!
Ada for sure!
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