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Ador

Gender
Boy
Say it
AA-dor
Origin
Bengali
UK rank, 2025
#2,087 for boys

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Ador is a boys' name of Bengali origin, meaning “affection, tenderness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies).

What does Ador mean?

Bengali: from Sanskrit adara, 'regard, care'

“affection, tenderness”

The related Hindi word aadar means 'respect'.

Is Ador a girl's or a boy's name?

Ador is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ador in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,087among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 700% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Ador, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.

2021Busiest: 12 in 20252025
Ador in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#2,087
20240–
20239#2,468
20220–
20217#2,886

Names like Ador

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Ador

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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, “Ador: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ador, updated 20 October 2026.