Adonis

Meaning and origin of Adonis

Popularity of Adonis in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Adonis has been rising fast (+12.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Adonis every 17 schools, all spellings combined.

Adonis in English-speaking countries

Adonis ranks 207^th in United States, against 325^th in France.

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  207^th boys’ name5,285 babies in 3 years1 boy in 973+5.9% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  419^th boys’ name85 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,999+19.3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  428^th boys’ name280 babies in 3 years1 boy in 2,951+31.5% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  496^th boys’ name19 babies in 3 years1 boy in 3,780

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  771^st boys’ name6 babies in 3 years1 boy in 7,423

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): Scotland, Northern Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Adonys (in French)45

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Adonis

• Angelo
• Andréas
• Anatole
• Alexis
• Hélio
• Hélios
• Lisandro
• Jacques
• Hippolyte
• Théodore
• Nicolas
• Timothé

See also

• →French names of Greek origin