Adlai - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. a-dlai, ad-l-ai ] The boy name Adlai is pronounced as aaDLAAiy ^KEY. Adlai is mainly used in the English and Hebrew languages. It is of Hebrew origin. Biblical name: The name means Yahweh is just; my ornament. Adlai is derived as a short form of Adaliah (Hebrew), Adalia (Hebrew), or Adalya (Hebrew). In the Bible, Adlai was the father of Shaphat the herdsman of King David, and thus the grandfather of the prophet Elisha. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. It has been made known by Adlai E. Stevenson I (1835-1914) the US Vice-President, his son Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) the Governor of Illinois, and his great-grandson Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-), the Senator from Illinois.

Forms of Adlai include the variant spellings Adley (English), Atlee (English), and Atli (English).

Adlai is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not ranked within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Adlai include the German Adal, the Arabic Adel, the Arabic Adil, the English Adley, the name Adli, the English Athol, the English Atlee, the English Atli, the Welsh Idwal, the Spanish Atilio, the Portuguese Atílio, the Hungarian Attila, the Italian Italo, the English and Italian Othello, the Yoruban Adelaja, the Italian Attilio, and the Arabic Ayatollah.

Details of famous persons named Adlai:
State Governor Adlai E. II Stevenson, born Adlai Ewing Stevenson 5 February 1900 - 14 July 1965, Los Angeles, California.
US Senator Adlai E. III Stevenson, born Adlai Ewing Stevenson October 10, 1930, Chicago, Illinois.
US Vice President Adlai E. I Stevenson, born Adlai Ewing Stevenson October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914, Christian County, Kentucky.

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