Adonys
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DOH-nis
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Adonys is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lord”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Adonys mean?
Greek: variant spelling of Adonis
“lord”
A spelling of Adonis, the handsome youth of Greek myth, whose name comes from Semitic adon 'lord'.
Is Adonys a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonys is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonys in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Adonys, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Adonys in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adonys in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
Names like Adonys
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atreus, Atticus, Atlas, Alessio, Ares, Apollo, Silas, Adriel, Alexis, Axel, Augustus, Elian
Names related to Adonys
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, “Adonys: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adonys, updated 20 October 2026.