Adi

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 26 languages 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◐

Adi is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name38K records spelled Adi28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Australia, Israel

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Adî, Adï, Ádî, Adì, Ãdí

• Portuguese given name24K records spelled Adi5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Israel, Romania

  Also written Adí, Ãdi, Adï, Ádi

• Hebrew given name19K records spelled Adi10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, India, Romania

  Also written עדי, אאדי, Ädi, ʿAdi, Ãdî

• a separate given name11K records spelled Adi3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Israel, Ethiopia

  Also written Adī, Adí

• French given name5.7K records spelled Adi15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Israel

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Ädi, Adì, Aďi, Àdi, Adî

• Polish given name4.5K records spelled Adi15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Serbian

  Also written Addy, Ади, Ȧdi, Adï, Ádi

66 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●

Adi is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Malay, alternative form of adik (esp. in Brunei)

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

• In Indonesian, a male given name from Javanese

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

• Balarama (N); Siirya (N); Siva (N); Visnu (N)

  as a name·Sunama Sarit (Hindi) Ten Thousand Sanskrit Names

• runners, ready to start.

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

• The foot

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 84 years between 1918–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adi Shamirb. 1952ILIsraeli cryptographer (born 1952)
• Adina Văleanb. 1968ROnot in their usual nameRomanian politician
• Adi Hütterb. 1970ATAustrian association football manager
• Adina Porterb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Adi Granovb. 1977BABosnian-British comic book artist
• Adi Ezronib. 1978ILIsraeli actress, television host, and film producer
• Adina Pintilieb. 1980ROnot in their usual nameRomanian film director
• Raïs M'Bolhib. 1986FRnot in their usual nameAlgerian and French association football player
• Adi Saidb. 1990BNBruneian footballer
• Sarah Adina SmithUSnot in their usual nameAmerican film writer, director, and editor

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 · 662 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adi?

We estimate roughly 4.6 thousand people bear Adi (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Adi have the most bearers?

Adi is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled adi.

How common is Adi compared with other names?

In Indonesia, Adi is the 54th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.

Is Adi a male or female name?

Adi is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Adi mean?

Recorded meaning: A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India and Tibet.