Entry № 153 · Hebrew origin

Adi Adi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-dee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Jewel, ornament"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "jewel, ornament".

Adi (עֲדִי) is the Hebrew word for "jewel" or "ornament." Used as a unisex name in modern Israel.

Adi is widely used in Israel.

Jewel. The Hebrew ornament.

The name in its native script.

עֲדִי
Transliteration
ʿAdī
Pronunciation
/ ˈɑː.di /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adi stands.

Adi 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.

Adis before her.

Real people
Adi Ashkenazi
Israeli actress.
born 1975
In fiction
Adi
Common in Israeli fiction.

Names connected to Adi.

The number behind Adi.

5

The Seeker

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