Adah Forename
24,663rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 35,128 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
American Samoa
Adah Forename Definition:
Which, in Hebrew, denotes an ornament. More frequent in the U. S. A. (dashing Adah Mencken, for instance) than, except among Jews, in Britain, ‘this was the reputed name of one of the daughters of Adam and Eve’, Swan.
Adah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 100% | 22,584 | 1:11,422 | 1,595 |
| Nigeria | 56% | 8,275 | 1:21,458 | 2,136 |
| Uganda | 99% | 843 | 1:48,585 | 2,914 |
| Kenya | - | 828 | 1:55,926 | 3,658 |
| United States | 100% | 813 | 1:445,925 | 12,242 |
| Zambia | - | 402 | 1:39,440 | 2,689 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 268 | 1:57,552 | 4,810 |
| Philippines | 88% | 259 | 1:409,303 | 14,540 |
| Brazil | 100% | 93 | 1:2,303,615 | 46,427 |
| Benin | 100% | 91 | 1:116,218 | 6,799 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 86 | 1:268,325 | 12,214 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 76 | 1:400,657 | 18,736 |
| South Africa | 93% | 53 | 1:1,028,918 | 38,866 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 45 | 1:158,933 | 10,498 |
| England | 81% | 45 | 1:1,235,620 | 18,913 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75% | 44 | 1:185,280 | 15,927 |
| Liberia | 89% | 44 | 1:100,274 | 4,358 |
| Cameroon | 78% | 38 | 1:568,697 | 17,762 |
| Niger | 82% | 26 | 1:737,846 | 12,885 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 21 | 1:3,515,600 | 73,131 |
| India | 64% | 21 | 1:57,851,332 | 943,988 |
| Mexico | 86% | 16 | 1:7,759,027 | 26,141 |
| China | - | 15 | 1:91,070,385 | 64,310 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Chad | 67% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Pakistan | 61% | 9 | 1:21,595,298 | 106,286 |
| Canada | 100% | 9 | 1:3,681,486 | 43,248 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 5 | 1:819,048 | 12,822 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 4 | 1:4,594,867 | 56,462 |
| Singapore | 100% | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Taiwan | - | 3 | 1:7,923,227 | 99,341 |
| Israel | - | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3 | 1:23,355,271 | 268,869 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| France | - | 2 | 1:33,235,170 | 58,100 |
| Norway | - | 2 | 1:2,566,164 | 24,989 |
| Wales | - | 2 | 1:1,547,154 | 12,610 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Venezuela | - | 1 | 1:30,201,893 | 231,239 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Denmark | - | 1 | 1:5,649,498 | 28,429 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Germany | - | 1 | 1:96,677,876 | 95,912 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
Adah (36,317) may also be a surname.
Adah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Which, in Hebrew, denotes an ornament. More frequent in the U. S. A. (dashing Adah Mencken, for instance) than, except among Jews, in Britain, ‘this was the reputed name of one of the daughters of Adam and Eve’, Swan.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew עדח, Adháh, signifying ‘ornament, beauty.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Meaning: ornament, or he adorned.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Ornament.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Adah Forename Popularity
Adah Demographics
Adah Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 181 (2014)
United States
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