Adunni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-DOO-nee
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Adunni is a girls' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “sweet to have”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Adunni mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, from adun 'sweetness'
“sweet to have”
Adunni is the heroine of Abi Dare's 2020 novel The Girl with the Louding Voice.
Is Adunni a girl's or a boy's name?
Adunni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adunni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Adunni, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Adunni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
Names like Adunni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oluwadarasimi, Oluwanifemi, Chisimdi, Araoluwa, Anjolaoluwa, Ayomide, Zinachimdi, Tiaraoluwa, Ireoluwa, Ifeoluwa, Inioluwa, Temiloluwa
More Yoruba names
Tobi, Oluwatamilore, Iremide, Ayomikun, Morayo, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba, Oreoluwa, Sade, Oluwademilade, Tifeoluwa, Olamide, Akorede, Imisioluwa, Oluwadunsin, Boluwatife
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, “Adunni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adunni, updated 20 October 2026.