Hadassah

Where Hadassah comes from

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.
— Wiktionary's entry for Hadassah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #530
    577 babies named Hadassah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

No widely known Hadassah turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.