Adoniyah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adoniyah

What is the meaning of the name Adoniyah ?

The baby name Adoniyah is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ah-doh-nee-YAH.

Adoniyah is Hebrew in Origin.

Adoniyah is a Hebrew theophoric name from Biblical Hebrew Adoniyyah/Adoniyyahu (אֲדֹנִיָּה/אֲדֹנִיָּהוּ), built from ʿadoni “my lord” and the divine element Yah(u), a form of the name of God. It therefore means “Yahweh is my lord” (or “my lord is Yah”). The -yah/-yahu ending reflects dialectal and chronological variants in ancient Hebrew; both forms appear in biblical sources and later traditions.

The name is borne by several figures in the Hebrew Bible, most notably Adonijah, a son of King David who attempted to claim the throne before Solomon (1 Kings 1–2). Transmission through the Septuagint and Vulgate produced the familiar English form Adonijah, while Sephardi/Mizrahi pronunciations preserve Adoniya/Adoniyah. Variants include Adonijah, Adoniya, Adoniyahu, and Adoniah; rarer modern shortenings such as Adi or Doni sometimes occur. Today Adoniyah remains uncommon but sees periodic revival in Jewish and Christian communities drawn to Old Testament names with explicit devotional meanings.