Adonai
a-doh-NEYE
Hebrew
"my lords"Share
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Updated Tue Dec 24 2024
Adonai Origin and Meaning
The name Adonai is a boy's name meaning "my lords".
Adonai is a title meaning "my lords" used in the Torah and in Jewish prayer to refer to God, whose name is forbidden to be spoken. Even the title Adonai is considered by some Orthodox Jews to be too holy to say outside of prayer, being replaced by HaShem, meaning "The Name". This makes Adonai a highly culturally loaded choice, which is never used as a name in the Jewish community. Nevertheless, several dozen boys and a handful of girls receive this name each year in the US.