Lada (given name)

Lada (Cyrillic: Лада) is a Slavic female given name. In Slavic mythology, Lada is the goddess of beauty, love and marriage. It may be related to the word lad (order), the Old Czech lada (girl, maid) or Serbian and Croatian mlada (bride).^{[citation needed]} Pronounced lah-dah. Lada is also a shortened name for the Slavic names Ladislava and Wladysława.

Lada is also a Polish, Czech surname.^[1]

Name days[edit]

Czech: 7 August
Slovenian: 4 May or 27 June

People[edit]

Lada[edit]

Lada Adamic, American scientist
Lada Chernova (born 1970), Russian javelin thrower
Lada Dance (born 1966), Russian singer and actress
Lada Engchawadechasilp, Thai American beauty pageant contestant
Lada Galina (1934–2015), pen name of Ganka Slavova Karanfilova, a Bulgarian writer
Lada Jelínková [cs] (born 1974), Czech actress
Lada Jiyenbalanova (born 1970), Kazakhstani modern pentathlete
Lada Kaštelan (born 1961), Croatian writer
Lada Kozlíková (born 1979), Czech cyclist
Lada Luzina (born 1972), Ukrainian author and journalist
Lada Luzin [ru] (born 1972), Ukrainian Russian-language writer and journalist
Lada Negrul (born 1967), Russian actress and poet
Lada Nesterenko (born 1976), Ukrainian cross country skier
Lada St. Edmund (born 1947), American personal trainer and dancer
Lada Zadonskaya (born 1986), Russian speed skater
Lada Žigo (born 1970), Croatian writer

Ladislava[edit]

Ladislava Bakanic (1924–2021), American gymnast
Ladislava Kozderková [cs] (1949–1986), Czech actress
Ladislava Něrgešová [cs] (born 1976), Czech actress

Fictional characters[edit]

Princess Lada from Princezna se zlatou hvězdou

References[edit]

^ "Lada Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

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[1] "Lada Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.

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