Adonis
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek Adonis, a Phoenician-derived name linked to a vegetation deity
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/adonis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Adonis is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 3.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- NINicaragua≈1 in 5.6K
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 5.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Adonis itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Dominican Republic, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Greek Adonis, a Phoenician-derived name linked to a vegetation deity.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Adonis counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | — | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.7K | — | Adonis | 59 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Adonis | 44 |
| US United States | — | 10,674 | 1 in 31K | 10K | Adonis | 197 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 3,921 | 1 in 4.3K | 3.9K | Adonis | 31 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | — | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Adonis | 5 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #166 | ≈3,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Adonis | 38 |
| NI Nicaragua | #264 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | — | Adonis | 26 |
| CY Cyprus | — | 347as Αδωνης | 1 in 3.6K | 347 | Adonis | 37 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Adonis 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 German, from the mythic Adonis; used for a handsome man
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In English, A beautiful young man loved by Aphrodite.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Nom grec mythologique, symbole de beauté; saint fêté localement le 1er juin dans certains calendriers.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In English, handsome youth of Greek myth
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Greek; handsome youth, loved by Venus
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
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)
- Adonis Terryb. 1864USMajor League Baseball player (1864–1915)
- Adonis Kyroub. 1872GRGreek-Cypriot publisher
- Adrian Adonisb. 1954USAmerican professional wrestler (1954–1988)
- Adonis Jordanb. 1970USAmerican basketball player (born 1970)
- Adonis Rivasb. 1972NINicaraguan boxer
- Adonis Stevensonb. 1977CACanadian boxer
- Adonis Kapsalisb. 1980GRGreek-American actor
- Adonis Garcíab. 1985CUbaseball player
- Adonis Medinab. 1996DODominican baseball player
- Adonis Wai Chung Wongb. 1996CAHong Kong figure skater
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)
Attested in 89 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 471 | #48,441 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 386 | #53,538 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 277 | #66,676 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- What does the name Adonis mean, and where does it come from?
- From Greek Adonis, a Phoenician-derived name linked to a vegetation deity. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Adonis a male or female name?
- Adonis is a male 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.
- How do you pronounce Adonis?
- A machine transcription gives /adonis/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- In which country does Adonis have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Adonis in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled adonis.
- How common is the name Adonis?
- In the United States, the national register counted 10,674 people named Adonis in 2020, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.
- How common is Adonis compared with other names?
- In the Dominican Republic, Adonis is the 166th most common given name of 44,971 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Adonis?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/adonisThe 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
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
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, “Adonis” — the 166th most common given name in Dominican Republic. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.