Adonis

Adonis \a-do-nis, ad-on-is\ is a boy's name. It consists of 6 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby boy name Adonis is sometimes used as a name girl name origin. Its pronunciation is in English as ahDAANahS or ahDOWNahS ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Adonis: AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Adonis?

Adonis is used predominantly in the English, Greek, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Phoenician. Derived from the element 'adon' meaning lord, ruler. Adonai (Semitic) is an original form of Adonis. Adonis was the handsome youth who became the lover of Aphrodite in Greek mythology; he died while hunting and was allowed by Zeus to be reborn year after year. The Greeks borrowed the character from older Semitic traditions; Adonai was a Semitic term of addressing a god. The name in later centuries became popular among English poets, appearing as the name of a character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590,1596) which was written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I. A variant form of the name was used by Percy Bysshe Shelley for the title of his pastoral elegy Adonais (1821), written for John Keats. The Arabic poet Ali Ahmed Said (1930-) also adopted Adonis as a pen-name. In the USA, the name is pronounced with a short 'o' while in the UK, it is often pronounced with a long 'o'. The name Adonia pronounciation (Greek) is the female version of Adonis. Addonia name popularity, what does the name Adohnes mean, Adones name, nicknames for Adoniah (Hebrew), Adonías meaning (Spanish), short names for Donis, Donnie definition, and name Donny are variants of Adonis. name Adon meaning (short form) and name Adonys origin (English variant spelling) are other forms of Adonis. Adonis is somewhat popular as a baby name for boys. The name rose in popularity during the 1990s; before that, it was of infrequent use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 1995 with 0.016% of baby boys being given the name Adonis. Its ranking then was #576. The baby name has since fallen in popularity. In 2010, its usage was 0.013% and its ranking #796, but it was nonetheless the most popular among all boy names in its group. Adonis has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

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The baby name Adonis fun facts:

The name Adonis in reverse order is "Sinoda".

The numerological value of the name Adonis is number 8, which means practical endeavors, status oriented, power-seeking, high-material goals.

How popular is Adonis?

Adonis is in the top names in USA.