Adaobi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-dah-OH-bee
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Adaobi is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “first daughter of the family”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Adaobi mean?
Igbo: Igbo, from ada and obi
“first daughter of the family”
An Igbo name; ada means 'first daughter' and obi the family compound or heart of the home.
Is Adaobi a girl's or a boy's name?
Adaobi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adaobi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Adaobi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Adaobi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
Nicknames for Adaobi
- Ada 1,129 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adaobi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zinachimdi, Chisimdi, Amarachukwu, Kamsiyochukwu, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwanifemi, Araoluwa, Kosisochukwu, Adesuwa, Tiaraoluwa, Munachimso, Ireoluwa
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adaobi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adaobi, updated 20 October 2026.