Given name
Adonna
“God is my lord”
Adonna is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adonna is a variant of Adonia. One Greek interpretation is “God is my lord.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adonna 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Adonna 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
Adonna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 623
- 0 boys · 623 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1953. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 601 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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