Lada

The name Lada is of a Slavic origin. The meaning of Lada is ‘the goddess of love and fertility’. It is traditionally a girl's name. In the old Baltic and Slavic mythology, Lada is the goddess of beauty, love and marriage. The name Lada may also have been derived from the Slavic word ‘lad’ which means ‘order’, or from the Old Czech word ‘lada’ which means ‘girl or maid’. Well-known personalities with the name include Lada Dance (famous Russian-born singer and actress), Lada Engchawadeschasilp (an American-born, Thai beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss Photogenic title in the Miss World 2001 pageant), Lada Zigo (a Croatian writer), Lada Maksimova (an Azerbaijani volleyball player), and Lada Jelinkova (a Czech actress).