Addai
Addai is a Syriac given name, equivalent to the Greek and Latin Thaddeus. It may refer to:Addai I, also known as Thaddeus of Edessa, saint and evangelist of Edessa Addai II Giwargis, patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East since 1970 Addai Scher (1867–1915), the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt
Meaning & Origin of Addai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Addai is a Syriac given name, equivalent to the Greek and Latin Thaddeus. It may refer to:Addai I, also known as Thaddeus of Edessa, saint and evangelist of Edessa Addai II Giwargis, patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East since 1970 Addai Scher (1867–1915), the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt
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The Story of Addai
Addai first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2009, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2009: 8 births, good for #8,983 nationwide. About 56% of every Addai on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Addai last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 52 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Addai
Addai is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 52 births in the dataset. Addai's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #8,983. Use the chart and map above to compare Addai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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