Lada

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! THIS IS NOT A SLAVIC GODDESS' NAME. Please, note that this is a "new age" mythology so to speak. "Lada" as a Goddess appears in the book of few authors, none of them are considered to be a trustworthy one. Those authors also gave birth to fictional gods like "Lel'" and "Polel'". All of three names are common in Slavic songs as meaningless parts that sound nice and song-y.

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Also, "Lada" doesn't mean "wife", it means "good, peaceful, nice". [noted -ed]

Lada means "pepper" in Indonesian (my native language). Personally, I find it to be a ridiculous name.

It's a pretty name per se, but in my country we always joke about Lada cars because they aren't very good and always break down, so that's all I can think about when I see this name. Nothing really wrong with the name itself of course!

I don't find it elegant at all.

Also a Slovene short form of Ladislava: https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_(ime)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_(mythology) -- a bit more background information re: the goddess

The Russian automaker Lada.

Lada is the main character in The Conquerer's Saga by Kiersten White.

The Polish form would be Łada (WAH-dah).

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Lada itself is also used in Latvia.

Gender: Feminine
Usages: Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Slovak
Pronunciation: LAH-dah, LU-dah, "lah-dah"
Considered by neo-pagan groups to be the Slavic goddess of love, beauty and marriage. Her name might mean "maiden, girl".

(Information from name #8872 originally submitted by user Karcoolka).