Fun Facts About the Name Yadin
- 15 babies named Yadin: U.S. records list 15 babies given the name Yadin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Yadin Mean?
Yadin is a Hebrew masculine name meaning "he will judge" or "judge." It comes from the Hebrew root d-y-n (דין), which concerns judgment, legal cases, and governing. The name has the form of the Hebrew imperfect verb yadīn (יָדִין), literally "he will judge" or "he judges." No divine name is part of the word, so "God will judge" is an interpretive expansion rather than a literal translation.
Yadin Name History & Origins
The verb behind Yadin is old Hebrew. In Genesis 49:16, the same form appears in the blessing of the tribes: Dan yadīn ammo, "Dan will judge his people." The name draws on that biblical vocabulary rather than on a saint's name or a European root. Yadin is used as a masculine given name in Israel and in Hebrew-speaking Jewish communities; it also occurs as a surname. The best-known surname bearer is Yigael Yadin (1917 - 2002), the Israeli archaeologist and political figure, who was born Yigael Sukenik and later used the surname Yadin. That surname use is separate from the given name's history, though both come from the same Hebrew word.
How Popular is the Name Yadin?
Yadin 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 2025. Its best rank was #13,827 in 2025.
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 | #13,827 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #13,999 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #14,259 | 5 | 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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How the Name Yadin Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual. You hate bondage in any form. You have love of beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You are willing to take spiritual matters on faith instead of subjecting them to mental analysis. You are inventive, intuitive and extremely methodical. Since your will is so strong, you are hard to convince. You also dislike advice. You love beauty and philosophy, and you desire achievement. You have a strong need for freedom - physical, mental and spiritual.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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