Given name
Adoniram
“my Lord is exalted”·“Lord of height”
Adoniram is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewאדנירם
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Adoniram means “my Lord is exalted” or “Lord of height.”
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Where it comes from
Adoniram is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew noun adon (אדן), “lord or sir,” and the Hebrew verb rum (רום), “to be high.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Adoniram appears in 1 Kings 4:6, 2 Samuel 20:24.
- 1 Kings 4:6
- 2 Samuel 20:24
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Adoniram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 89 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,259 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- 0%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,259 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adoniram’s family of names
See also 20
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Adoniram
- Adoniram JudsonAmerican missionary (1788-1850)
- Adoniram Judson GordonAmerican hymnwriter (1836–1895)
- Adoniram J. WarnerUnion Army general, politician (1834–1910)
- Adoniram J. HolmesAmerican politician and lawyer (1842-1902)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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