Given name
Adonai
“my foundation”·“my Lord”
Adonai is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Spanish.
Original Hebrewאדני
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Adonai means “my foundation” or “my Lord.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adonai through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,466
- 1,223 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 92
- #1,942 for boys · #7,896 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 88% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 79 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,942 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 13 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (17). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 982 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.
Adonai’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 8
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Adonai, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Elioenai
“unto Yah are my eyes” · “Yah the God of my eyes”
>99% boys
Asaiah
“Yah has made”
97% boys · 3% girls
Abiner
“my father is a lamp” · “father of light”
>99% boys
Azarel
“God has helped”
>99% boys
Asriel
“God has filled with joy”
>99% boys
Eliab
“(my) God is father”
>99% boys
Elohim
“but probably powers or forces”
>99% boys
Abimael
“God is father” · “a father is El”
>99% boys