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Adara

Adara: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“noble”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
uh-DAHR-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Adara is usually derived from Hebrew adar, meaning noble or exalted. It is also attested as a star name in modern astronomical naming.

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How popular is Adara?

202472.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Adara in 2024240

2024 rank#1,045 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18802,668

Adara is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Adara

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew
  • Leahweary; uncertain · Hebrew

Adara questions

What does the name Adara mean?

Adara means "noble". It comes from Hebrew. Adara is usually derived from Hebrew adar, meaning noble or exalted. It is also attested as a star name in modern astronomical naming.

Is Adara a boy or girl name?

Adara is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Adara?

240 US babies were named Adara in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Adara?

Adara is usually pronounced uh-DAHR-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.