Shadai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shuh-DYE
- Origin
- Hebrew
Shadai is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “almighty”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shadai mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Shaddai; from El Shaddai, a biblical name of God
“almighty”
El Shaddai is the name by which God appears to Abraham in Genesis, traditionally translated 'God Almighty'.
Meaning borrowed from Shaddai.
Is Shadai a girl's or a boy's name?
Shadai is a girls' name.
How popular is Shadai in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Shadai in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shadai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
Names like Shadai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Sarai Safa Sarahi Salma Aaliyah Zainab Salem Samira Zaira Hadassah Farah
Names related to Shadai
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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, “Shadai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shadai, updated 20 October 2026.