Addis

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Addis is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Amharic given name2.6K records spelled Addis5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Sweden, South Africa

  Also written አዲስ, Adis, Adise, ፟አዲስ

• French name1.2K records spelled Addis3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Addìs

• Arabic name485 records spelled Addis3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon

  Also written Áddíś

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Addis is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Irish, This English name (a pet form of Adam) came to Ireland early in the seventeenth century, first to Westmeath, later to Co. Cork. It has since become more numerous in north-east Ulster, where the variant form Addy is also found. Neither has been closely identified with any particular area

  as a name·The Surnames of Ireland

• In Latin, second-person singular present active indicative of addō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, A surname originating as a patronymic.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia's capital city)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 66 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Thomas Addis Emmetb. 1764USIrish-American lawyer and politician (1764-1827)
• Thomas Addisb. 1881GB(1881-1949) British physician, scientist and nephrologist
• Mabel Addisb. 1912USAmerican computer games designer
• Richard Addisb. 1956GBEnglish journalist
• Addis Abebeb. 1970ETathletics competitor
• Raptileb. 1976DEnot in their usual nameGerman singer and rapper
• Donna Rose Addisb. 1977NZNew Zealand psychology academic
• Elise Addisb. 1987USAmerican soccer player
• Baptiste Addisb. 2006FRFrench archer
• Ben AddisGBWelsh actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 239 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Addis?

Our records include 85,079 bearers of Addis across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.

In which country does Addis have the most bearers?

Addis is most frequently recorded in the United States, where it is most often spelled addis.

What does the name Addis mean?

Recorded meaning: son of Ade or Addie, pet-forms of Adam; also a British brush manufacturer name