Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady
HadasIn Hebrew: הדס · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: הֲדַסRomanization: hadás
Hadas (Hebrew: הדס) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 15,267 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 296 girls and ranked #63. Its peak year was 2013, with 395 babies.
- People in Israel
- 15,267
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 296
- rank #63
- Peak year
- 2013
- 395 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Hadas
In Hebrew letters the name is הדס, read right to left. Hadas is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "hadás" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name
Sometimes also vocalized, perhaps archaically, הָדָס (hāḏā́s), and probably the same as Aramaic אָסָא / ܐܵܣܵܐ (ʾāsā, “myrtle”), Arabic آس (ʔās, “myrtle”), Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”) with multiple determiners, compare typologically Hebrew צַתְרָה (ṣaṯrā́, “savory”), Arabic زَعْتَر (zaʕtar, “wild thyme”), also denoting odoriferous plants, explained semantically as an old ذُو عِطْرٍ (ḏū ʕiṭrin, “having scent”).
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Hadas by year in Israel
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 Hadas
How do you write Hadas in Hebrew?
Hadas is written הדס in Hebrew (with vowel points: הֲדַס). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "hadás".
How many people in Israel are named Hadas?
15,267 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name הדס: 15,189 women and 78 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 Hadas a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.5% of the people named הדס are women.
What does the name Hadas mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name" Etymology: Sometimes also vocalized, perhaps archaically, הָדָס (hāḏā́s), and probably the same as Aramaic אָסָא / ܐܵܣܵܐ (ʾāsā, “myrtle”), Arabic آس (ʔās, “myrtle”), Akkadian 𒄑𒊍 (asum, “myrtle”) with multiple determiners, compare typologically Hebrew צַתְרָה (ṣaṯrā́, “savory”), Arabic زَعْتَر (zaʕtar, “wild thyme”), also denoting odoriferous plants, explained semantically as an old ذُو عِطْرٍ (ḏū ʕiṭrin, “having scent”).
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.