Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Ader means “flock.”
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun eder (עדר), “a flock or herd.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ader appears in 1 Chronicles 8:15.
From biblical name research
Ader through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 233
- 0 boys · 233 girls
- Most popular year
- 1900
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1900. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 140 as a first name in 2020; 1,379 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.
Ader’s family of names
In Russian usage, Ader as a surname is a transliteration of Адер.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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