Fun Facts About the Name Adoni
- 164 babies named Adoni: U.S. records list 164 babies given the name Adoni from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adoni Mean?
Adoni is a Hebrew name built from the noun adon (אָדוֹן), meaning "lord" or "master," together with the first-person singular suffix -i, so its literal sense is "my lord." The same root with a different ending gives Adonai (אֲדֹנָי), literally "my Lords," the plural of majesty used as a title for God in Jewish prayer and in the Hebrew Bible. In the Bible the element adoni stands mainly at the front of compound names - Adoni-bezek and Adoni-zedek - where it carries the sense "my lord" or "lord of," and the Israelite name Adonijah joins it to the divine name Yah.
Adoni Name History & Origins
The word behind the name, adon, belongs to the Canaanite and Hebrew vocabulary of lordship and is shared by the languages of the ancient Levant. In the Hebrew Bible, the element adoni appears chiefly at the head of compound names borne by Canaanite rulers. Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, appears in Joshua 10 as the leader of a coalition of Amorite kings who attack Gibeon; Adoni-bezek is a king of Bezek captured and maimed in Judges 1. Because both are Canaanite figures, the first element is usually read as a title of lordship, sometimes taken as a reference to a local god, rather than as an Israelite name for the God of Israel.
Israelite names use the same word joined to the divine name, as in Adonijah ("my Lord is Yah") and Adoniram, which shows the element belonged to ordinary Hebrew naming as well. The Greek divine name Adonis is generally explained as a Greek adoption of a Semitic title from this same root, meaning "lord," but Adoni and Adonis are not variants of one name; the resemblance comes from shared vocabulary rather than from one being a short form of the other. The related title Adonai, "my Lord," has stayed in Jewish liturgical use, and the same construction survives in modern Hebrew as the polite address adoni, "sir."
How Popular is the Name Adoni?
Adoni 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 2021. Its best rank was #6,338 in 2021.
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 | #8,258 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #8,964 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,752 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #8,313 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #6,338 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #6,621 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #6,785 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #10,804 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #10,686 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,154 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #8,129 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #8,162 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #12,267 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #7,700 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #6,627 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #10,935 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,591 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #9,938 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #6,416 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #7,782 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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