Adda

From Latin Abdua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈad.da/
• Rhymes: -adda
• Hyphenation: Àd‧da

Adda m

1. a tributary of the river Po in northern Italy

• abduano

• dada

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑd.dɑ/

Adda m

1. a male given name
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     ⁊ hē onfeng, ⁊ sē cyning him sealde fēower mæssepreostas, þā sċeoldon his þēode fulwian ⁊ lǣran, ðā wǣron ġe on ġelǣrednesse ġe on heora līfe micle ⁊ goode; ond hē mid micle ġefēan swā wæs eft hām hweorfende. Wǣron þa mæssepreostas þus hātne, Ċedd ⁊ Adda ⁊ Bete ⁊ Deoma. Sē nȳhsta wæs Sċyttisċes cynnes; þā ōðre wǣron Englisċe.

     And he received, and the king released to him, four priests, who were great and good in both knowledge and their lives, who would baptize and teach his people; and so he returned home again with great joy. The priests were named thusly: Ċedd, Adda, Bete, and Deoma. The latter was of the Scottish people; the others were English.

Weak:

• Liber Vitae Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: Nec Non Obituaria Duo Ejusdem Ecclesiae (Durham Liber Vitae) page 34, line 19, recorded as "Adda".

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈaða/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)ða/

Adda m

1. a male given name from Hebrew אדום (“red”), equivalent to English Adam

• Efa (“Eve”)

• Adda ac Efa (“monkshood, early purple orchid”)

Heini Gruffudd (2010), Enwau Cymraeg i Blant / Welsh Names for Children‎^[1], Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 10