Lada ( Cyrillic: Лада) is a

Slavic Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to: Peoples * Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia ** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples ** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples ** West Slavi ...

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). Pronounced ''lah-dah''. Lada is also a shortened name for the Slavic names

Ladislava Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian an ...

and Wladysława. Lada is also a Polish, Czech surname.

Name days

*Czech: ''7 August'' *Slovenian: ''4 May'' or ''27 June''

People

Lada

Lada Adamic Lada Adamic is an American network scientist, who researches information dynamics in networks. She studies how network structure influences the flow of information, how information influences the evolution of networks, and crowdsourced knowledge ...

– American scientist *

Lada Chernova Lada Chernova (born 1 January 1970) is a Russian javelin thrower. Her personal best throw is 63.35 meters, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup. She also competed at the 2006 European Athletics Championships ...

– Russian javelin thrower *

Lada Dance Lada Evgenyevna Volkova (russian: Лада Евгеньевна Волкова; born 11 September 1966), known professionally as Lada Dance (russian: Лада Дэнс), is a Russian jazz and dance music Dance music is music composed specifi ...

– Russian singer and actress *

Lada Engchawadechasilp Lada Engchawadechasilp ( th, ลดา เองชวเดชาศิลป์) is a Thai-American model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the Miss Thailand World pageant in 2001. Born in Los Angeles, California, she represented Thailand i ...

– Thai American beauty pageant contestant *

Lada Galina Lada Galina ( bg, Лада Галина) was the pen name of Ganka Slavova Karanfilova ( bg, Ганка Славова Каранфилова; February 6, 1934 – March 31, 2015), a Bulgarian writer. She was born in Burgas and was educated t ...

– pen name of Ganka Slavova Karanfilova, a Bulgarian writer * – Czech actress *

Lada Jiyenbalanova Lada Vladimirovna Jienbalanova (russian: Лада Владимировна Джиенбаланова; born April 10, 1970) is a female modern pentathlete from Kazakhstan. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where she fin ...

– Kazakhstani modern pentathlete *

Lada Kaštelan Lada Kaštelan (born 2 May 1961) is a Croatian dramatist and screenwriter. Between 1987 and 2007, Kaštelan worked as a dramaturge at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Since 2007, she works as a professor at the Academy of Dramatic Art, U ...

– Croatian writer *

Lada Kozlíková Lada Kozlíková (born 8 October 1979) is a Czech Republic road and track racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch, scratch r ...

– Czech cyclist *

Lada Luzina Vladislava Kucherova ( Ukrainian: ; born 21 October 1972), better known by the pen name Lada Luzina (Ukrainian: ), is a Ukrainian author and former journalist. Nicknamed the "Kyiv Witch", she writes novels in Russian within the crime and fantasy ...

(born 1972), Ukrainian author and journalist * – Ukrainian Russian-language writer and journalist *

Lada Negrul Lada Negrul, (russian: Лада Негруль, born April 18, 1967) is a Russian actress. She works in Moscow's "Russian House" theater and played main roles in ten Russian movies, including a TV serial "Dirty Work". She is the author and produ ...

– Russian actress and poet *

Lada Nesterenko Lada Stanislavivna Nesterenko ( uk, Лада Станіславівна Нестеренко; born August 3, 1976) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who competed between 1995 and 2017. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 44th in the 30 ...

– Ukrainian cross country skier *

Lada St. Edmund Lada St. Edmund (also known as Lada Edmund, Jr.) (born April 1, 1947) is an American personal trainer, dancer, singer, actress and stunt performer. St. Edmund became a popular nationally known go-go dancer on the 1965–1966 NBC-TV rock music s ...

– American personal trainer and dancer * Lada Zadonskaya – Russian speed skater *

Lada Žigo Lada Žigo (born 1970) is a Croatian writer. She was born in Zagreb, lived in Split and studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Zagreb. Her first book ''People and News People'' (''Ljudi i novinari'') was published in ...

– Croatian writer

Ladislava

Ladislava Bakanic Ladislava Aloisie Bakanic (May 3, 1924 – February 26, 2021) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and won team bronze. She was born in New York City New York, often called New York ...

– American gymnast * – Czech actress * – Czech actress

Fictional characters

*Princess Lada from

Princezna se zlatou hvězdou ''The Princess with the Golden Star'' ( cs, Princezna se zlatou hvězdou) is a 1959 Czech fairy tale fantasy film written and directed by Martin Frič. Plot A beautiful princess Lada was born with a golden star on her forehead. Her father the ...

References

External links

Baby Names World: LadaBabyNames.com: Lada
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