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Adlai

OriginHebrew
Meaning"God is just"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boys#10719

2025 SSA

US rank · girls#11956

2025 SSA

About Adlai

Adlai is an Old Testament name long associated with 1950's liberal presidential candidate Stevenson, who was named after his grandfather, who was Grover Cleveland's vice president in the nineteenth century. Now it's an unusual Biblical choice ripe for rediscovery.

In the Bible, Adlai was a minor character, the father of one of King David's herdsmen. Adlai is a contracted form of the Hebrew name Adaliah.

Adlai is also given to girls, where it ranks #11956 in the US.

Pronounced AD-lay.

As of October 2026, Adlai ranked #10719 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #480 in 1892.

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  • AdlaiBoy

    Biblical father of Shaphat; grandfather of the prophet Elisha

  • Adlai Ewing Stevenson IBoy

    23rd Vice President of the United States

  • Adlai Ewing Stevenson IIBoy

    American ambassador and governor of Illinois

  • Adlai Ewing Stevenson IIIBoy

    U.S. Senator from Illinois

  • Adlai WertmanBoy

    American economist and academic

Adlai in pop culture

  • Dr. Adlai AtkinsBoy

    minor character on 'Futurama'

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