Hadassah - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ syll. ha-das-sah, had-ass-ah ] The girl name Hadassah is pronounced as HHAADah-ah- ^KEY. Hadassah is primarily used in the English and Hebrew languages. It is of Hebrew origin. Biblical name derived from the word 'hadas' meaning myrtle, myrtle tree. The name was borne in the Bible by Queen Esther; Esther was the Persian form of the name. Hadassah is still used as a modern Hebrew name. The German name Hadassa is a variant form of the name. Other variants of Hadassah include the Hebrew pet form Dasi and the English pet form Dassah.

Hadassah is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2008, 0.013% of baby girls were given the name Hadassah. It was #988 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Hadassah was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Hadassah include the Swahili Hadiya, the Hebrew and English Hedia, the name Humita, the Arabic Hadi, the Arabic Hadya, the English Haidee, the English Hattie, the English Hatty, the Arabic Hayat, the German Haydee, the English and Scandinavian Heda, the English, German, and Scandinavian Hedda, the English Heddi, the English Heddie, the English Heddy, the English and German Hedi, the Dutch, English, German, and Spanish Hedy, the Hebrew Hedya, the German and English Heida, and the Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish Heidi.

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