Given name · also Swahili
Adia
“gift from God”·“wealthy: prosperous”
Adia is used as a given name. Interpretations include “gift from God” and “wealthy: prosperous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “gift from God” and “wealthy: prosperous”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,968
- 0 boys · 2,968 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 156 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #5,414 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,414 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 156 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,812 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adia’s family of names
In English usage, Adia has a related form in Ada. Adia has a related form in Adya. Adia has a related form in Adea.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 Adia
- Adia ChanHong Kong singer and actressborn 1971
- Adia VictoriaAmerican singer and songwriterborn 1986
- Adia BarnesAmerican basketball player, coachborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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