Etymology

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Today it means: A female given name from the Germanic languages. Full definition →

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Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal (“noble”), such as Adelaide. Also Latinized form of Hebrew Adah. The programming language takes its name from Ada Lovelace.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.