Given name
Adonijah
“God is my lord”
Adonijah is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Original Hebrewאדניה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adonijah is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adonijah is a variant of Adonia. Adonia has been associated with Spanish and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun 'adon (אדן), “lord, mister or sir.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. 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 Adonijah appears in 2 Samuel 3:4, 2 Chronicles 17:8, Nehemiah 10:16.
- 2 Samuel 3:4
- 2 Chronicles 17:8
- Nehemiah 10:16
From biblical name research
Adonijah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 509
- 483 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,455 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,455 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 412 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.
Adonijah’s family of names
Adonijah has a related form in Adonia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
People named Adonijah
- Adonijah WelchAmerican politician (1821-1889)
- Adonijah ReidCanadian association football playerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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