Given name
Adoniah
“God is my lord”
Adoniah is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adoniah is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adoniah is a variant of Adonia. Adonia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Adoniah connects to the Adonis name family through Adonia. The history of Adonis gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Adonis is associated with a handsome young man loved by Aphrodite.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Adoniah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 48 boys · 65 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,123 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +23%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,123 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adoniah’s family of names
Adoniah has a related form in Adonia.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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