Hadessah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- huh-DESS-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Hadessah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “myrtle”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hadessah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Hadassah, from hadas 'myrtle'
“myrtle”
A variant of Hadassah, the Hebrew name of Queen Esther, which comes from hadas, meaning myrtle.
Is Hadessah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hadessah is a girls' name.
How popular is Hadessah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Hadessah in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hadessah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
Names like Hadessah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Zaliyah, Naziyah, Kaliyah, Nusaybah, Taliyah, Zamira, Hadassa, Aziyah, Salem
Names related to Hadessah
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, “Hadessah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hadessah, updated 20 October 2026.