Adonai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning my lord; used as a name for god.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies
Adonai by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Adonai. In the US, 54 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 64 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adonai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adonaymy lord; variant of Adonai9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adonimy lord; variant of adonai6 in the US (2017)
- Adonislord or master; handsome youth in mythology809 in the US (2017)
- Adnangarden, eden; one who dwells in eden66 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adonnisvariant of Adonis, handsome or lord32 in the US (2017)
- Adlaimy ornament; my witness21 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Adonai, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Adonai
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