Adonia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-DOH-nee-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Adonia is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Adonia mean?
Greek: from the Adonia, the Greek festival of Adonis, whose name comes from Semitic adon 'lord'
The Adonia was an ancient Greek festival at which women mourned the death of Adonis.
Is Adonia a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 4 girls.
Adonia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Adonia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Adonia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the girls named Adonia in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adonia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Adonia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelia, Alexandra, Olivia, Sophia, Anastasia, Lydia, Ariana, Aria, Alessia, Alexia, Chloe, Athena
Names related to Adonia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie
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, “Adonia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adonia, updated 20 October 2026.