Adonias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-doh-NEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
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Adonias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my Lord is God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Adonias mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Adonijah
“my Lord is God”
Form of Adonijah, King David's son who tried to take the throne before Solomon.
Is Adonias a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonias in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Adonias, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Adonias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
How popular is Adonias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Adonias, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Adonias in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adonias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
Names like Adonias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elias Tobias Matias Matthias Adam Alexander Ilias James Ermias Aurelius Alexandros Asher
Names related to Adonias
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Mateo Elsie
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, “Adonias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adonias, updated 20 October 2026.