Meaning of the nameAdonias

Adonias is a male biblical name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of Adonijah, and means 'my lord is Yahweh'.

Meaning

“my lord is Yahweh”

Source: Behind the Name: Adonijah · Blue Letter Bible: Strong's H138 ('ăḏōnîyâ)

People (2022): 10,884
Rank in Brazil: #1,613
Median age: 46 years
2010 Census: 12,720; people

Adonias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adonias, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,951 people).

70 women 10,814 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Adonias is most common

States with the highest share of people named Adonias in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Piauí 0.016%
Amazonas 0.015%
Maranhão 0.014%
Tocantins 0.014%
Pará 0.013%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,390	0.003%
Bahia	1,294	0.009%
Pará	1,016	0.013%
Maranhão	973	0.014%
Pernambuco	669	0.007%
Amazonas	582	0.015%
Ceará	555	0.006%
Minas Gerais	529	0.003%
Piauí	508	0.016%
Rio de Janeiro	410	0.003%
Goiás	403	0.006%
Paraíba	286	0.007%
Espírito Santo	274	0.007%
Paraná	270	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	260	0.008%
Mato Grosso	256	0.007%
Tocantins	206	0.014%
Rondônia	175	0.011%
Distrito Federal	153	0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul	114	0.004%
Alagoas	109	0.004%
Santa Catarina	104	0.001%
Sergipe	88	0.004%
Amapá	81	0.011%
Roraima	80	0.013%
Acre	62	0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul	37	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Adonias

In Portuguese translations of the Bible, such as that of João Ferreira de Almeida, Adonias is the form of the Hebrew name Adoniyah, in English Adonijah, which appears in the Old Testament. Behind the Name explains the name as the combination of ʾadon, 'lord, master', with yah, a reference to the Hebrew God, and translates it as 'my lord is Yahweh'; the Hebrew lexicon of the Blue Letter Bible (Strong H138) gives the same reading. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 10,884 people named Adonias, almost always male. Proportionally, the name is most common in Piauí.

Sources

Behind the Name: Adonijah · behindthename.com · meaning
Blue Letter Bible: Strong's H138 ('ăḏōnîyâ) · blueletterbible.org · meaning
Bíblia Almeida Atualizada, 1 Reis 1:5 (Adonias) · bibliaportugues.com · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adonias · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage

Questions about the name Adonias

What does the name Adonias mean?

Adonias means “my lord is Yahweh”, according to Behind the Name and Blue Letter Bible.

How many people are named Adonias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 10,884 people with the first name Adonias, which ranks it number 1,613 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Adonias a boy's or a girl's name?

Adonias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 70 women and 10,814 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adonias?

Adonias is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adonias most common?

Proportionally, in Piauí: 0.016% of the state's population is named Adonias (508 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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