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maleAdonis - Name Meaning and Origin


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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.

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

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