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Addy (girl)

What does Addy mean?

Addy Pronunciation of Addy as a girls' name (also used as boys' name Addy) is an Old German name, and the meaning of the name Addy is "noble; son of Adam". Addy is an alternate form of Ada (Old German): a diminutive of Adele and Adelaide. Addy is also a form of Addie (Old German, Old English).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ad-, -dy

ASSOCIATED WITH noble

Variations

VARIANTS Aidah, Aida, Ady, Ado, Adie, Adiah, Adia, Adi, Adey, Addiah, Addi, Addey, Adda

OTHER FORMS VIA ADA, ADDIE, ADELAIDE Adalyn, Adan, Addala, Adde, Ade, Adel, Adela, Adele, Adell, Adelyn, Aide, Lady

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Addy Mary (A.M.), ..

How popular is Addy?

Addy is an uncommon first name for females but a very popular surname for all people (#11416 out of 150436, Top 8%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Which version is better?

Adalyn (#144 FROM RECENT DATA), Adelyn (#226), Ada (#251), Adelaide (#298), Adele (#898), Adela (#1229), Addie (#1253), Aida (#1302), Adda, Adel, Adell, Adia, Aide and Lady are the prominent variation forms of Addy (NOT IN TOP 2000). Other variants, like Addala, are seldom used. Usage of these relations of Addy reached its apex in the 1880s (ADOPTION OF 1.09%) and is now much less (ADOPTION 0.39%, 64.4%). Ada is more universally found than the rest, though Adalyn is currently the more favored form, while forms such as Adell have become less popular. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Ada, Adalyn, Adda, Addie, Adel in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Adela, Adelaide, Adele, Adell, Adelyn in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Adia, Aida, Aide, Lady in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Ada outside U.S.

Similar Names

Addy is pronounced similarly to Adah, Aeeda, Aidee, Auda, Audi, Audie, Ayda, Eda, Edda, Eddi, Eddie, Eddy, Edee, Edi, Edie, Edy, Ida, Oda and Uda. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abby, Adal, Addal (see Adalia), Aden, Adin, Adley, Adra, Aggy, Agy, Aimy, Alby, Alda, Aley, Alfy (see Alfreda), Ally, Alvy, Amey, Amy, Anda, Ande, Andi, Andy, Angy, Anny, Arda, Ardys, Arly, Aud, Aude, Audry, Biddy, Caddy, Cady, Cody, Dody, Hedy, Jady, Jody, Judy, Kady, Kody, Maddy, Mady and Nady. These names tend to be more commonly used than Addy.

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