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Vada

Vada: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“ruler”
Origin
Germanic
Say it
VAY-duh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Veda, Wada, or names containing the Germanic element waldan, 'to rule'; usage histories vary. The exact etymology of this spelling is somewhat uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Vada?

202482.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Vada in 2024272

2024 rank#955 girls

Peak year1901

Total US babies since 188012,785

Vada is rising: use over the last five years is 2.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Vada

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Vaydauncertain; possibly life or knowledge · Unknown
  • Vaedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Emmawhole, universal · Germanic
  • Ameliawork · Germanic
  • Ellaall, completely · Germanic
  • Alicenoble type · Germanic
  • Adelinenoble · Germanic

Vada questions

What does the name Vada mean?

Vada means "ruler". It comes from Germanic. Usually treated as a variant of Veda, Wada, or names containing the Germanic element waldan, 'to rule'; usage histories vary. The exact etymology of this spelling is somewhat uncertain.

Is Vada a boy or girl name?

Vada is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Vada?

272 US babies were named Vada in 2024. Its peak year was 1901.

How do you pronounce Vada?

Vada is usually pronounced VAY-duh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.