Entry № 113 · Igbo origin

Adaobi Adaobi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-dah-OH-bee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Igbo
Meaning
"First daughter of the heart"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Igbo)

A name that means "first daughter of the heart".

Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976) is the Nigerian novelist (I Do Not Come to You by Chance).

First daughter of the heart. The Igbo homestead.

The name in its native script.

Adaobi
Transliteration
Adaobi
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑː.dəˈoʊ.bi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adaobi stands.

Adaobi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Adaobis before her.

Real people
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Nigerian novelist.
born 1976
In fiction
Adaobi
Common in Nigerian fiction.

Names connected to Adaobi.

The number behind Adaobi.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adaobi reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.