Baby Names and Name Meanings A-Z Names | Top Names | Random Namer | Statistics | Favorites

maleAdlai - name meaning and origin


Add to favorites (0) | Email this

The boy's and girl's name Adlai \a-dlai, ad-lai\ is pronounced AD-lay. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "God is just". Aramaic contracted form of the Hebrew name Adaliah. Also possibly means "ornament" in Hebrew. Biblical name borne by a very minor character, the father of one of King David's herdsmen. Made famous in the 20th century by the presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson.

Adlai has 6 variant forms: Ad, Addie, Addy, Adley, Atlee and Atli.

Baby names that sound like Adlai are Adal, Adael, Adel, Adil, Adiel, Adeel, Adulio, Atley, Atlea, Atila and Audley.

Adlai is a very rare male first name and is not used as a surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Adlai. Compare Adlai with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Adlai
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Adlai

[Top]

Adlai - meaning of Adlai name
© 2004-2008 Thinkbabynames.com. All rights reserved.
Baby Names | About Us | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Contact Us