Adda
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Adda by the numbers
Adda was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1888, making it a 1880s name.
What we can tell you about Adda
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adanoble, nobility1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aidavisitor, guest; or most happy84 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aydahelper or aid; a form of Aida165 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adiagift49 in the US (2017)
- Addynoble; a form of Adeline or similar48 in the US (2017)
- Adyafirst; primordial21 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adda
Names that are said the same way as Adda, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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