Lada (given name)
Lada is a Slavic female given name. In Slavic mythology, Lada is the goddess of beauty, love and marriage. It may be derived from the word lad (order), the Old Czech lada (girl, maid) or Serbian and Croatian mlada (bride). Pronounced lah-dah. Lada is also a shortened name for the Slavic names Ladislava and Wladysława.
Lada is also a Polish, Czech, and Hungarian surname.[1]
Name days
- Czech: 7 August
- Slovenian: 4 May or 27 June
People
Lada
- Lada Adamic – American scientist
- Lada Chernova – Russian javelin thrower
- Lada Dance – Russian singer and actress
- Lada Engchawadechasilp – Thai American beauty pageant contestant
- Lada Galina – pen name of Ganka Slavova Karanfilova, a Bulgarian writer
- Lada Jelínková – Czech actress
- Lada Jiyenbalanova – Kazakhstani modern pentathlete
- Lada Kaštelan – Croatian writer
- Lada Kozlíková – Czech cyclist
- Lada Luzin – Ukrainian Russian-language writer and journalist
- Lada Maksimova – Azerbaijani volleyball player
- Lada Negrul – Russian actress and poet
- Lada Nesterenko – Ukrainian cross country skier
- Lada St. Edmund – American personal trainer and dancer
- Lada Zadonskaya – Russian speed skater
- Lada Žigo – Croatian writer
Ladislava
- Ladislava Bakanic – American gymnast
- Ladislava Kozderková – Czech actress
- Ladislava Něrgešová – Czech actress
Fictional characters
- Princess Lada from Princezna se zlatou hvězdou
See also
- Ladislav, male form of Ladislava
- Ladas (disambiguation)
References
- ↑ "Lada Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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