Given name & surname
Adar
“a noble man”
Adar is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “a noble man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a noble man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 163
- 111 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,031 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,031 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020; 172 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adar’s family of names
Adar has a related form in Adara. Adar has a related form in Adaar. Adar has a related form in Adarr.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Adar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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