Hadassah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: 2 Hebrew form of Esther, which is the Persian form of the name
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 25 countries · latest register: St Kitts & Nevis, 2026
/həˈdæsə/(recorded in a dictionary) English · from Wiktionary
Hadassah is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- NGNigeria
- USUnited States
- PHPhilippines
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)2 Hebrew form of Esther, which is the Persian form of the name. See Esther 2:7. This form is now sometimes chosen as a modern Jewish given name. Short form: Dassah.
Cited for this meaning 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hadassah, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Hadassah 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 English, Jewish women's benevolent
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, organization
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Jewish; a star; see Estelle, Hesper, Stella
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Jewish: Hebrew name (Esther 2: 7) of the biblical queen more commonly known by her Persian name ESTHER . It is sometimes used as a modern given name by Jews. Short form: Dassah .
as a word
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Chawwa Wijnbergb. 1942NLnot in their usual nameDutch visual artist and poet (1942–2019)
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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)39 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 25 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hadassah come from?
- 2 Hebrew form of Esther, which is the Persian form of the name. See Esther 2:7. This form is now sometimes chosen as a modern Jewish given name. Short form: Dassah. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Hadassah?
- It depends on the language: in English /həˈdæsə/ (Wiktionary); in Spanish /adassa/; in Portuguese /adɐʃzɐ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Hadassah mean?
- Recorded meaning: 2 Hebrew form of Esther, which is the Persian form of the name.
- What are other forms of the name Hadassah?
- In the etymology graph, Hadas and Hadasa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Hadassah a male or female name?
- Hadassah is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Hadassah have the most bearers?
- Hadassah is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Hadassah?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hadassahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
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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.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hadassah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.