Given name & surname
Lada
“my daughter is my love”·“a glorious ruler”
In Czech use, Lada is a diminutive of Milada. One Slavic interpretation is “my daughter is my love.” In Czech use, Lada is a diminutive of Ladislava. In Slavic use, Ladislava carries the interpretation “a glorious ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Lada is a diminutive of Milada. One Slavic interpretation is “my daughter is my love.” In Czech use, Lada is a diminutive of Ladislava. In Slavic use, Ladislava carries the interpretation “a glorious ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
In mythological stories, Lada is associated with the goddess of love, harmony, and fertility.
Lada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 106
- 0 boys · 106 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 493 as a first name in 2020; 954 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lada’s family of names
In Czech usage, Lada is a diminutive of Milada. Lada has a related form in Ladda. Lada has a related form in Ladah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lada
- Lada KozlíkováCzech cyclistborn 1979
- Lada VondrováCzech athleteborn 1999
- Lada NesterenkoUkrainian cross-country skierborn 1976
- Lada DanceRussian singerborn 1966
- Lada Jiyenbalanovamodern pentathleteborn 1970
- Lada ŽigoCroatian writerborn 1970
- Lada AdamicAmerican scientist
- Lada LuzinaUkrainian author and former journalistborn 1972
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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