Ado

Vernacular form of Aadam (“Adam”) and Aadolf (“Adolph”).

• Aadu, Aado

Ado

1. a male given name

Ado m

1. a male given name

• oda

Ado

1. a male given name

1. Dr. Heyne, Mortiz. Altniederdeutsche Eigennamen aus dem neunten bis elften Jahrhundert, 1.

• IPA^(key): /ˈadɔ/

Ado m pers (genitive singular Ada, nominative plural Adovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Adam

• “Adam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

From Edo Ẹdó.

• IPA^(key): /à.dó/

Àdó

1. Benin City (a city in Nigeria)

From a- (“agent prefix”) +‎ dó (“to establish a human settlement”), literally “The place we settled”.

• IPA^(key): /ā.dó/

Adó

1. Ado Ekiti (a city in Nigeria)

   Synonym: Adó-Èkìtì

Possibly from àdó (“tiny gourd type for blowing or for storing ritual medicine”)

• IPA^(key): /à.dó/

Àdó

1. (Ekiti) a female given name