Given name & surname
Gadi
“having good fortune”·“from the juniper tree”
Gadi is a variant of Gad. Interpretations include “having good fortune” and “from the juniper tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Hebrewגדי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gadi is a variant of Gad. Interpretations include “having good fortune” and “from the juniper tree”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gadi is a variant of Gad. Gad has been associated with Hebrew and Native American naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb gadad (גדד), “to cut, invade and expose.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. 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 Gadi appears in Numbers 13:11.
From biblical name research
Gadi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,647 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,647 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 278 as a first name in 2020; 270 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Gadi
- Gadi EisenkotIsraeli military officerborn 1960
- Gadi KindaEthiopian-Israeli association football player (1994–2025)
- Gadi Zelnikerassociation football player (1944-2016)
- Gadi YatzivIsraeli academic and politician1937–2004
- Gadi AlgaziIsraeli historianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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