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Adah (female)

Variants:Ada (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Hebrew "ornament"; OT Genesis 4:19; 36:2.

According to Whyte, this name has never been popular in Scotland and is not a variation of Ada. However the ONC gives it as such a variant, without commenting on its level of popularity.
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