Names

Means “adornment” in Hebrew. This was the name of the wives of both Lamech and Esau in the Old Testament.

Means “king’s daughter” in Igbo.

Means “Adad is my helper”, from the god’s name Adad combined with Akkadian nērāru meaning “helper”. This name was borne by three kings of the Assyrian Empire.

Akkadian cognate of Hadad.

Originally a short form of Germanic names such as Adelaide or Adelina that begin with the element adal meaning “noble”. This name was 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.

Short form of Adriaan.

Macedonian and Serbian diminutive of Aleksandar.

Swedish short form of Axel.

Hebrew form of Ahinoam.

Possibly means “he will establish” in Hebrew. In the New Testament this name is listed as an ancestor of Jesus.