Adah

Hebrew

"ornament"

Adah Origin and Meaning

The name Adah is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "ornament".

Adah is a biblical name twice over—one was the mother of Jabal and Jubal, the other was a wife of Esau. The latter Adah and Esau’s descendants settled in Edom and became the Edomites. Adah is unrelated to the visually similar name Ada, which is Germanic in origin.

Pronounced AH-dah, this unusual biblical name—the first female name in Genesis after Eve and given to a number of women in the Old Testament—is a softer Ada equivalent.

Adah Rank in US Top 1000

# 917 in the US

Adah Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1966 on Nameberry

Adah Popularity

• 1966 Nameberry 2025
• 717 Unique 2020

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Famous People Named Adah

• Adah Biblical figure, first wife of Lamech or Esau
• Adah Isaacs Menken American actress
• Adah Belle Thoms pioneering American WWI nurse
• Adah Sharma Bollywood actress

Adah in Pop Culture

• Adah Ellen Price character from Barbara Kingsolver's "The Poisonwood Bible"
• Adah Keith character in "A Life of Faith" book series