Shem Tov UnisexOrigin: ArabicIn Israel: hardly given today
AdilIn Hebrew: אדיל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
Adil (Hebrew: אדיל) is a unisex name of Arabic origin. 201 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1997, with 8 babies.
- People in Israel
- 201
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1997
- 8 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Adil
In Hebrew letters the name is אדיל, read right to left. Adil is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.
We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.
Adil by year: Israel and abroad
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Adil
How do you write Adil in Hebrew?
Adil is written אדיל in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.
How many people in Israel are named Adil?
201 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אדיל: 155 women and 46 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Adil a boy's or a girl's name?
Both. In Israel 77% of the people named אדיל are women and 23% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.
Abroad
- United States: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA)
Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications - National Data
Years 1880–2025 · updated 2026-04-13 · licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work) · names given to fewer than 5 babies a year are not published - England and Wales: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Baby names in England and Wales: from 1996
Years 1996–2025 · updated 2026-07 · licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 · names given to fewer than 3 babies a year are not published - Scotland: National Records of Scotland (NRS)
Babies' First Names: all names given to babies between 1974 and 2025
Years 1974–2025 · updated 2026-05-26 · licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 · names given to fewer than 3 babies a year are not published - Alberta: Alberta Vital Statistics
Frequency and ranking of baby names by year and gender
Years 1980–2025 · updated 2026-08-11 · licence: Open Government Licence - Alberta - Quebec: Retraite Québec
Banque de prénoms (filles, garçons)
Years 1980–2025 · updated 2026-06-18 · licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · names given to fewer than 5 babies a year are not published
Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.