Ada

Ada is a Germanic name derived from the element adal, meaning noble, and functions as both an independent name and a short form of longer names beginning with that root, such as Adelaide and Adeline. It was common among medieval European nobility and was borne by several figures in early Christian history. The name gained wider cultural recognition through Ada Lovelace, the nineteenth-century British mathematician often credited as the world's first computer programmer, and was later used for a programming language named in her honor. Cognate forms include Adah, a Hebrew name of similar sound but deriving from a distinct root meaning adornment or ornament.