
Adi Parashakti Lalita Tripura Sundari seated over Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Maheswara and Sadashiva
Origin: Sanskrit
Meaning: “First, primitive, being at the beginning, original power.”
Gender: Feminine
Pronunciation: ODD-yah
The name comes directly from the Sanskrit word आदया (adya) meaning, “First, primitive, being at the beginning.”
It is also another name used for the goddess Shakti.
The name first appeared in the U.S. Top 1000 females under the form of Aadhya, coming in as the 953rd most popular female name in 2016. As of 2022, the name no longer appears in the U.S. Top 1000.
Another form is:
Aadya
It should be noted that in Russian, Adya is a masculine diminutive form of Advey, which is the Russian form of the Biblical Hebrew (Obadiah).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti
https://www.behindthename.com/name/aadhya/submitted
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adya
http://andhrabharati.com/dictionary/sanskrit/index.php
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