Adis

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Adis is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name3.8K records spelled Adis28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia

  Languages: Russian, Croatian, Macedonian

  Also written Адис, Адіс, Адиш, Addis, Adiš

• Hungarian given name1.5K records spelled Adis2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Hungary

  Also written Ádis

• Portuguese given name1.1K records spelled Adis3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Italy

  Also written Ádis, َadis

• Amharic given name988 records spelled Adis5 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Addis, አዲስ, Adise, ፟አዲስ

• a separate given name922 records spelled Adis3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, India, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Also written Adiş, Adís

41 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●

Adis is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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

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

• In Cebuano, drug addict

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

• In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

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●

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 51 years between 1971–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adis Obadb. 1971BABosnia and Herzegovinian footballer (born 1971)
• Adis Nurkovićb. 1986BABosnian-born naturalized Kosovan football coach and former player
• Adis Jahovićb. 1987MKMacedonian footballer
• Baggio Hušidićb. 1987USnot in their usual nameBosnian-American football player
• Adis Hadžanovićb. 1993Bosnia and Herzegovina association football player (born 1993)
• Adis Ahmetovicb. 1993DEGerman politician (SPD)
• Adis Hodžićb. 1999SIassociation football player
• Adis Lagumdzijab. 1999TRTurkish volleyball player (born 1999)
• Billainb. 2000BAnot in their usual nameBosnian music producer, sound designer and DJ
• Adis Jasicb. 2003ATAustrian association football player

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 · 353 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adis?

We estimate roughly 2.6 thousand people bear Adis (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Adis have the most bearers?

Adis is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled adis.

How common is Adis compared with other names?

In Bosnia & Herzegovina, Adis is the 422nd most common given name of 3,870 given names recorded there.

Is Adis a male or female name?

Adis 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 Adis mean?

Recorded meaning: Patronym zu Rufname Adam; 99 Träger.