Lada (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
Given name
- Lada Dance (ru:Дэнс, Лада) - Russian pop singer, jazz singer, actress
- Lada Jelínková (cs:Lada Jelínková) - Czech actress
- Lada Kaštelan, Croatian writer
- Ladislava Kozderková (cs:Laďka Kozderková) - Czech actress
- Lada Kozlíková - Czech cyclist
- Lada Luzin (ru:Лада Лузина) - Ukrainian Russian-language writer, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, theater critic
- Ladislava Něrgešová (cs:Laďka Něrgešová) - Czech actress
- Lada Zadonskaya (ru:Задонская, Лада Игоревна) - Russian speed skater
Surname
- Josef Lada - Czech painter, illustrator and writer
Fictional characters
- Princess Lada from Princezna se zlatou hvězdou
References
- ↑ "Lada Family History". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
External links
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