Given name & surname
Adea
“one who is awe-inspiring”·“gift from God”·“wealthy: prosperous”
Adea is a variant of Addy. One interpretation is “one who is awe-inspiring.” Adea is a variant of Adia. Interpretations include “gift from God” and “wealthy: prosperous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adea is a variant of Addy. One interpretation is “one who is awe-inspiring.” Adea is a variant of Adia. Interpretations include “gift from God” and “wealthy: prosperous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts. Adea is a variant of Adie. Interpretations include “jeweled ornament” and “noble and kind”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adea is a variant of Adia. An origin associated with Adia is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 187
- 0 boys · 187 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −10%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 as a first name in 2020; 112 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.
Adea’s family of names
Adea has a related form in Adia. Adea has a related form in Addy. Adea has a related form in Adie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adea
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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