Ada
From Hebrew, where it means "noble". Fewer than 8,000 Polish women carry it, so meeting one sticks in memory, yet it keeps landing on new girls faster than that small base would suggest.
Ada Pronunciation
Ada is pronounced AH-dah (/ˈada/).
What Ada means
Where Ada comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Ada begins in Hebrew, where the older form Adah is recorded in the Book of Genesis as the name of two women, one married to Lamech, one to Esau. In Hebrew the word carried a sense close to adornment. Its short meaning today, noble, came to it by a different road.
That road runs through the Germanic root behind Adela, Adelajda, and the diminutive Adelka, all pointing to someone of noble birth. Ada settled among these forms and took on their color. A short name holds a borrowed meaning.
On a Polish class register it fits in three letters, quick to write and quick to call out. The variant Adel keeps the same family close. Whatever a parent knows of the etymology, the name works twice over: an ancient Hebrew Adah on one side, the szlachetna of Adela on the other, meeting in three letters.
When Ada celebrates name day
Ada appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 6 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Ada
1 in 2842 women in Poland is named Ada. 7,936 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #402 among female names.
Ada's popularity over time
205 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #179 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2001.
Where parents choose Ada
Ada is most popular in Łódź, 39% above the national average (142 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Podlaskie (+36%) and Lublin (+20%). It is least common in Lubusz and Silesian, 37% and 27% below average respectively.
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Łódź
+39%1 in 892 babies
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Podlaskie
+36%1 in 914 babies
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Lublin
+20%1 in 1,037 babies
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Lubusz
−37%1 in 1,986 babies
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Silesian
−27%1 in 1,698 babies
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Opole
−24%1 in 1,646 babies
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Łódź+39% 142 born1 in 892 babies+39%
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Podlaskie+36% 72 born1 in 914 babies+36%
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Lublin+20% 99 born1 in 1,037 babies+20%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+16% 102 born1 in 1,072 babies+16%
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Masovian+13% 323 born1 in 1,097 babies+13%
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Lesser Poland+12% 204 born1 in 1,112 babies+12%
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Holy Cross+10% 49 born1 in 1,131 babies+10%
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Greater Poland−1% 171 born1 in 1,259 babies−1%
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Warmian-Masurian−5% 55 born1 in 1,305 babies−5%
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Lower Silesian−15% 107 born1 in 1,469 babies−15%
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Pomeranian−20% 95 born1 in 1,551 babies−20%
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West Pomeranian−20% 54 born1 in 1,563 babies−20%
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Subcarpathian−22% 76 born1 in 1,586 babies−22%
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Opole−24% 28 born1 in 1,646 babies−24%
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Silesian−27% 134 born1 in 1,698 babies−27%
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Lubusz−37% 25 born1 in 1,986 babies−37%
Ada as a middle name
Ada is a first name for 7,936 women in Poland and a middle name for another 1,602, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 211th, between Gizela (1,606) and Vanessa (1,602).
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#209 Sofia1,614
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#210 Gizela1,606
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#211 Ada1,602
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#212 Vanessa1,602
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#213 Bolesława1,584