Fun Facts About the Name Adira
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adira: U.S. records list 1,887 babies given the name Adira from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adira Mean?
Adira is a feminine Hebrew name meaning "strong, mighty." It comes from the Hebrew root א־ד־ר (aleph - dalet - resh), whose adjective adir (אַדִּיר) means "mighty, noble, majestic." Adding the feminine ending ־ָה (-ah) gives Adirah, spelled Adira in English. The root describes power and splendor, not muscle alone. Despite the similar sound, Adira is not related to Adara or Adriana, which come from other sources.
Adira Name History & Origins
The adjective adir belongs to biblical Hebrew poetry, where it is used of God rather than of people. Psalm 93:4 calls God adir, "mighty," above the roar of the waters, and the Song of the Sea in Exodus 15:11 uses a related form of the same root to declare that God is "majestic in holiness." The word also runs through Jewish liturgy: the Passover hymn Adir Hu ("Mighty is He") uses it as the refrain of an alphabetical acrostic of praise.
Adira is a personal name built from that adjective by adding the feminine ending, a common way of forming women's names in Hebrew. It appears in Hebrew as אַדִּירָה and in English transliteration as Adira or Adirah, and it is used as a given name in Hebrew-speaking communities and among Jewish families elsewhere, alongside the masculine name Adir. Because the biblical occurrences of adir are descriptions of God and not the names of people, the given name rests on the adjective rather than on a biblical figure.
Similar-sounding names are usually separate: Adara and Adriana have their own origins, and the overlap in sound with Adira is coincidental.
How Popular is the Name Adira?
Adira has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #1,307 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,406 | 155 | 0.0096% |
| 2024 | #1,366 | 166 | 0.0103% |
| 2023 | #1,353 | 166 | 0.0104% |
| 2022 | #1,421 | 158 | 0.0096% |
| 2021 | #1,321 | 170 | 0.0104% |
| 2020 | #1,318 | 167 | 0.0103% |
| 2019 | #1,307 | 175 | 0.0104% |
| 2018 | #1,708 | 121 | 0.0071% |
| 2017 | #1,686 | 127 | 0.0074% |
| 2016 | #2,562 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2015 | #2,772 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 2014 | #4,180 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2013 | #4,644 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #4,961 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2011 | #5,545 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2010 | #6,184 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #5,540 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #6,132 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2007 | #7,736 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2006 | #6,594 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #8,337 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #8,268 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #8,007 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #9,492 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #5,574 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #7,584 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #8,229 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #10,137 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #9,816 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #10,524 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #10,583 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #10,604 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Adira Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You find the best contentment in life when you own your own home and provide well for your family and loved ones. You have a great sense of responsibility and duty. You are comforting, appreciative and affectionate. Your obligation in life is to hold justice and truth, and if you follow the Law, you can find the great happiness and satisfaction.
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