Given name
Hadasa
“from the myrtle tree”
Hadasa is a variant of Hadassah. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the myrtle tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hadasa is a variant of Hadassah. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the myrtle tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hadasa is a variant of Hadassah. An origin associated with Hadassah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hadasa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 549
- 0 boys · 549 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,615 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −14%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,615 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 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.
Hadasa’s family of names
Hadasa has a related form in Hadassah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hadasa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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