Behind the Name: pupcake9798's Personal Name List

Ada 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Germanic [1]

Pronounced: AY-də(English) A-dha(Spanish) A-da(Dutch, Polish) AH-dah(Finnish)

Rating: 57% based on 21 votes

Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning "noble". Saint Ada was a 7th-century Frankish abbess at Le Mans. This name was also borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.

Ari 2

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Old Norse [1], Icelandic, Finnish

Pronounced: AH-ree(Finnish)

Rating: 54% based on 21 votes

Old Norse byname meaning "eagle".

Asa

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew [1]

Other Scripts: אָסָא(Hebrew)

Pronounced: AY-sə(English)

Rating: 52% based on 20 votes

Possibly means "healer" in Hebrew. This name was borne by the third king of Judah, as told in the Old Testament.

Ava 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: آوا(Persian)

Pronounced: aw-VAW

Rating: 52% based on 20 votes

Means "voice, sound" in Persian.

Avi

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Hebrew

Other Scripts: אֲבִי(Hebrew)

Rating: 42% based on 20 votes

Means "my father" in Hebrew. It is also a diminutive of Avraham or Aviram.