Adonis - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Adonis \a-do-nis\ is pronounced a-DAHN-iss. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "extremely good looking, handsome". Greek mythology: a beautiful youth beloved of Aphrodite, goddess of love. The name has come to mean a paragon of male beauty, making it very hard to live with.

Adonis has 5 variant forms: Addonia, Adohnes, Adon, Adones and Adonys.

Baby names that sound like Adonis are Adonias, Athens and Athenios.

Adonis is a very rare male first name and an uncommon surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Adonis. Click here to compare Adonis with related baby names.