Aadhav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-dhav
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Aadhav is a boys' name of Tamil origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aadhav mean?
Tamil: short form of Aadhavan
“sun”
Shortened from Aadhavan, a Tamil name for the sun.
Is Aadhav a girl's or a boy's name?
Aadhav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aadhav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Aadhav, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Aadhav of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Aadhav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Aadhav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
How popular is Aadhav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aadhav, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer boys named Aadhav than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Aadhav in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aadhav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
Names like Aadhav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Krishiv Avyaan Shivansh Aviraj Advik Atharv Aveer Vihaan Avi Arnav Pranav
More Tamil names
Nila Aathiran Iniya Aadhiran Nilah Kavin Adhiran Venba Athiran Kayal Oviya Kalai Kannan Valli Nithila Iniyan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aadhav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aadhav, updated 20 October 2026.