Adah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adah

What is the meaning of the name Adah ?

The baby name Adah is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AH-dah.

Adah is Hebrew in Origin.

Adah is the English biblical form of Hebrew עָדָה, ʿĀḏāh, a feminine name recorded in Genesis. It is usually connected with the Hebrew verb עָדָה, ʿādāh, to adorn, and with the noun עֲדִי, ʿădī, ornament or jewelry; the final -āh marks a feminine nominal form. A separate homonymous root can signify passing by, but the traditional lexical interpretation for the name is ornament.

Two women bear the name in Genesis: Lamech’s wife, mother of Jabal and Jubal, and Esau’s Hittite wife, mother in the Edomite genealogy. In Jewish and Christian naming it remained a compact Old Testament name, often written Ada in Greek and Latin transmission, though Ada also has a distinct Germanic origin. English-language use was modest in the nineteenth century and appears in American records, with Adah Isaacs Menken, the actress and poet, a notable bearer; recent U.S. births show a small revival.