Hadassa
given name · Portuguese · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Hadassa is a given name, most frequently recorded in Israel. It appears chiefly in Portuguese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Hebrew name meaning “myrtle tree”.
- ILIsrael1 in 1.3K◐
- BRBrazil1 in 9.1K
- NLNetherlands1 in 32K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈29K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 198 ●
- 1 in 9.1K ◐
across 8 countries
recorded for this name
72K records
Official registry-verified
Brazil
Spellings & scripts●
2 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled הדסה in IL Israel, PL Poland, GB United Kingdom and 6 more, Hadassah in US United States, CA Canada, NG Nigeria and 4 more and Hadasa in AR Argentina, PE Peru, CO Colombia and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
Hebrew name meaning “myrtle tree”.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #231 | 50,718 | 51K rec. | — | 34 | הדסה | 28 |
| BR Brazil | — | 23,160△ | 3.3K rec. | 1 in 9.1K | 23K | Hadassa | 84 |
| US United States | — | 5,456 | 9.6K rec. | 1 in 61K | 5.5K | Hadassah | 198 |
| MX Mexico | — | 915 | 602 rec. | — | 4 | Hadassa | 35 |
| AR Argentina | — | 782 | 522 rec. | — | 16 | Hadasa | 20 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 723 | 529 rec. | — | listed | הדסה | 44 |
| CA Canada | — | 714 | 157 rec. | — | 10 | Hadassah | 21 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 532△ | 195 rec. | 1 in 32K | 532 | Hadassa | 15 |
| NG Nigeria | — | 406 | 500 rec. | — | — | Hadassah | 23 |
| DE Germany | — | 391 | 361 rec. | — | 1 | הדסה | 27 |
| IN India | — | 339 | 399 rec. | — | 12 | הדסה | 14 |
| PH Philippines | — | 320 | 182 rec. | — | — | Hadassah | 19 |
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Languages●
- Portuguese160K84%
- English25K13%
- Spanish1.7K1%
- French9961%
- Western Frisian8061%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Portuguese | 160,444 | 84% |
| English | 25,419 | 13% |
| Spanish | 1,658 | 1% |
| French | 996 | 1% |
| Western Frisian | 806 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Hadassa 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 English, Hebrew form of Hadassah; 'myrtle'
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In French, Hébreu, « myrte ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, Jewish; a star; see Estelle, Hesper, Stella
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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●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1977 | 5 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 5 |
| 1984 | 7 |
| 1985 | 7 |
| 1987 | 6 |
| 1988 | 5 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 7 |
| 1994 | 11 |
| 1995 | 7 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1997 | 11 |
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 20 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 28 |
| 2004 | 26 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2006 | 32 |
| 2007 | 36 |
| 2008 | 53 |
| 2009 | 45 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 70 |
| 2012 | 61 |
| 2013 | 55 |
| 2014 | 71 |
| 2015 | 75 |
| 2016 | 57 |
| 2017 | 69 |
| 2018 | 48 |
| 2019 | 65 |
| 2020 | 57 |
| 2021 | 78 |
| 2022 | 100 |
| 2023 | 101 |
| 2024 | 131 |
| 2025 | 121 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 45 years between 1966–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Hadassah Kalvarib. 1891ILnot in their usual nameJewish activist
- Hadassah Klatchkinb. 1905ILnot in their usual nameArt gallery owner (1905-1995)
- Hadassa Biribis-Urib. 1909ILIsraeli musician
- Hadassah Sherman-Prielb. 1910ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli music teacher
- Hadassa Sigalovb. 1929ILIsraeli singer
- Hadassa Lampelb. 1929ILIsraeli military personnel
- Hadassah Morb. 1931ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli writer (1931–2022)
- Hadassa Talb. 1953ILIsraeli poet
- Hadassa Goldvichtb. 1981ILIsraeli artist
- Hadassah RalbagILnot in their usual nameIsraeli political activist
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●
Attested in 42 sources across 29 countries.
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 212 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Hadassa?
- We estimate roughly 29 thousand people bear Hadassa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
- In which country does Hadassa have the most bearers?
- Hadassa is most frequently recorded in Israel, where it is most often spelled הדסה.
- How common is Hadassa compared with other names?
- In Israel, Hadassa is the 231st most common given name of 97,862 given names recorded there.
- Is Hadassa a male or female name?
- Hadassa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Hadassa mean?
- Recorded meaning: Hebrew name meaning “myrtle tree”.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hadassa” — the 231st most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.