Shadrack as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shadrack

What is the meaning of the name Shadrack ?

The baby name Shadrack is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈʃædræk/ (SHAD-rack).

Shadrack is Babylonian, Hebrew in Origin.

Shadrack is an English variant of Shadrach, the name given in the Book of Daniel to one of the three Judean youths delivered from Nebuchadnezzar’s furnace. The form comes via the biblical text into English but is etymologically Babylonian/Akkadian, probably from Šudur-Aku or similar, meaning “command of Aku” or “Aku has commanded,” with Aku the Mesopotamian moon god. (The bearer’s original Hebrew name was Hananiah, “Yahweh has been gracious,” though that meaning does not belong to Shadrack itself.)

Use of Shadrack/Shadrach rose in English after the Reformation, especially among Puritans and in colonial America; later, Bible-based naming spread it across the Caribbean and much of sub‑Saharan Africa. The Authorized Version fixed the Shadrach spelling, but Shadrack persists in English records. International variants include Sadrac (Spanish), Sadraque (Portuguese), Sadrach (Dutch/Indonesian), and Schadrac (French). Common diminutives are Shad and Shaddy.