Hadasah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-DASS-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
Hadasah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “myrtle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hadasah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Hadassah
“myrtle”
The Hebrew name of Queen Esther in the Bible, from the word for myrtle.
Meaning borrowed from Hadassah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Hadasah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hadasah is a girls' name.
How popular is Hadasah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Hadasah in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hadasah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Hadasah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah Aaliyah Zaliyah Naziyah Nusaybah Zamira Aziyah Taliyah Kaliyah Salem Safa Jaliyah
Names related to Hadasah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Hadasah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hadasah, updated 20 October 2026.