Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rare
GadiIn Hebrew: גדי · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: גָּדִיRomanization: gádi
Gadi (Hebrew: גדי) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 1,725 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1970, with 71 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,725
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1970
- 71 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Gadi
In Hebrew letters the name is גדי, read right to left. Gadi is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "gádi" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד (gad)
Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא (gaḏyā).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Gadi by year in Israel
How many boys 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 Gadi
How do you write Gadi in Hebrew?
Gadi is written גדי in Hebrew (with vowel points: גָּדִי). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "gádi".
How many people in Israel are named Gadi?
1,725 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name גדי: 0 women and 1,725 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 Gadi a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named גדי are men.
What does the name Gadi mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a diminutive, Gadi, of the male given name גָּד (gad)" Etymology: Cognate with Akkadian 𒂵𒁕𒅀 (gadû), Arabic جَدْي (jady), Aramaic גַּדְיָא (gaḏyā).
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.