Adanna
From Igbo ada, "daughter", and nna, "father": "her father's daughter", marking a firstborn girl.
Meaning and origin
Adanna sits in the same family of Igbo names as Adaeze, built on ada, the term for a firstborn daughter with recognised duties in her extended family.
How to pronounce Adanna
| Igbo (Nigeria) | ah-DAHN-nah /aˈdanːa/ |
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