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I think Ada is a lovely name. My maternal great-great grandmother was named Ada Florence, which I think is such a beautiful combo and I have loved for years. I don't see it getting super popular here in Australia though.

A couple of years ago I would have said I hated it but it's been growing on me for a while too. I think it could make a comeback. I get the feeling it's rising in the UK anyway.

I know one.

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Ada Dawn, she's almost three. Considering that it started charting again in 2004 at 834 and is now at 382, it's already making a comeback.

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I love the name. :-D

I know three little Adas. It's popular among a certain young, evangelical Southern Christian demographic at least in the US. I think it's OK. I prefer Adah.

Ava, Adele, Adeline, and Adelaide seem to have made a comeback, so I think it's likely Ada could too. It's probably already not that unusual as a NN for Adelaide, Adeline, and Addison...at least in the US.

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I don't dislike it, but I don't particularly like it either. I'd rather see something even more old-fashioned, like Ida or Adair.

This message was edited 3/29/2016, 7:55 PM

I love Ada! It's sweet and simple, and more refreshing than Ava.

I like it a lot. Don't know about it having a comeback; it's so hard to predict these things and you only need one popular celebrity child called Ada, but I think that Ava had its surge in popularity because it wasn't so popular the first time round, and thus didn't have such an old-lady feel. Simple short names ending in -a are kind of trendy, though, so maybe.

Part of me wonders whether it has already missed it's window for a comeback when other similar names took off and it didn't come with it.

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I really like Ada. It's pretty yet strong and I like the simplicity of it. I prefer Adelaide myself but would love to meet a little Ada.

It's been sitting on my favorites list for years now ... I don't actually love it that much, but I do like it and would love to see little girls being named it. I like it much more than Ava, Adele, Adelyn, Adelaide etc. I don't think it'll make a big comeback but maybe a small one. Or maybe its chance has passed when people went for Aiden instead.

This message was edited 3/29/2016, 10:28 AM

I agree with you. I used to think it was frumpy and unappealing, but lately I'm like "Damn, Ada's actually lovely." Probably has something to do with my recent obsessions with Ida and Alida, to be honest.

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I don't know if it'll quite reach Ava status, but I could see it making a blip in the next few years.

I liked it, enough to use even, and then I heard my mother in law say it :(

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It's cute otherwise, I'd really like to see it come back.

Hi !!!

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Ada? Too dated!
It is too simple and snobbish in my opinion.

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I love your username!!
Fiammetta...

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I'm Italian like you XD

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This message was edited 3/29/2016, 9:36 AM

I wouldn't describe it as dated, but it definitely has a simple, prairie girl thing going on that I like a lot. I think it certainly could become more popular, being short and cutesy and having an old-fashioned charm.

It was my great grandmother's name and she disliked it and thought it was really old-fashioned. She went by Ann instead which was one of her middle names.

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I quite like it but probably wouldn't use it myself. I slightly prefer Adela and Adelaide.