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Adonai

Adonai is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Adonai are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 80%Female 20%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
80% male / 20% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
655 male / 162 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Adonai

To address Adonai when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Adonai," in English, "Guten Tag Adonai," in German. About 80% of people named Adonai are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Adonai,

German

Guten Tag Adonai,

French

Bonjour Adonai,

Spanish

Estimado/a Adonai:

Chinese

Adonai您好：

Japanese

Adonai様

English

Hi Adonai,

German

Hi Adonai,

French

Salut Adonai,

Spanish

Hola Adonai,

Chinese

Adonai你好：

Japanese

Adonaiさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Adonai by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name80%

United States birth data

655 male · 162 female · 817 births recorded

Male 80%Female 20%

Since 1980: 80% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Adonai a male or female name?

Adonai is a unisex given name: about 80% of people named Adonai are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Adonai in an email?

To address Adonai when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Adonai," in English, "Guten Tag Adonai," in German. About 80% of people named Adonai are men and 20% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Adonai a unisex name?

Adonai is not a unisex name: 80% of people named Adonai are men. Adonai leans strongly male overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Adonai a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/adonai (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_adonai,
  title  = {Is Adonai a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/adonai},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}