The baby name Shadrick is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈʃæd.rɪk/ (SHAD-rick).
Shadrick is Babylonian, Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Shadrick is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈʃæd.rɪk/ (SHAD-rick).
Shadrick is Babylonian, Hebrew in Origin.
Shadrick is a modern English respelling of Shadrach, the Babylonian court name given to Hananiah in the Book of Daniel. The name is generally traced to Akkadian Shudur-Aku, interpreted as "command of Aku" or "at the command of Aku," with Aku the Mesopotamian moon god; some scholars render it "Aku is exalted." Through the Bible, it carries associations of steadfast faith and deliverance from the fiery furnace.
In English-speaking usage, Shadrick emerged via the King James Bible and Puritan naming, alongside spellings like Shadrack and Shadrach in 17th-18th-century records. The -rick ending reflects phonetic regularization in America, where the form occurs in the South and Appalachia, and it also appears in African contexts (particularly Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Ghana), often as Shadrack or Shadreck. Related variants include Shadrach, Shadrack, Shadreck, and Shadrik; short forms include Shad or, by analogy, Rick.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #153 | 2 | 4,685 |
| GH | 0 | #248 | 1 | 5,396 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #251 | 3 | 6,830 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #288 | 6 | 6,876 |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #359 | 3 | 8,138 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 | |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #805 | 2 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2021 | #904 | 7 | 7,214 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #925 | 2 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,079 | 100 | 25,619 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
Shadrick is popular in 13 countries — most recent births per country:
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