Adonnis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-DOH-nis
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Adonnis is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Adonnis mean?
Greek: spelling of Adonis; Greek myth, from Semitic adon, 'lord'
“lord”
In Greek myth Adonis was a beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite; his name comes from a Semitic word for lord.
Meaning borrowed from Adonis. More on Wiktionary.
Is Adonnis a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonnis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonnis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Adonnis, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had fewer boys named Adonnis than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Adonnis in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,499 boys in the US were given Adonnis or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #255, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
- Adonis 1,462
- Adonnis 32
- Addonis 5
Adonnis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 51 | #2,574 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Adonnis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas, Alexis, Atticus, Atreus, Apollo, Adriel, Artemis, Ares, Genesis, Alessio, Orion, Aris
Other spellings of Adonnis
Names related to Adonnis
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Adonnis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adonnis, updated 20 October 2026.