Ade
Ade is a baby name of Yoruba origin, meaning Crown; royalty.
What Ade means
Crown; royalty.
Ade is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Ade comes from
Yoruba names are full sentences compressed into a word, and they commonly record something true about the birth — the circumstances, the family's gratitude, or a hope for the child.
Ade is recorded as Yoruba in origin. Browse other Yoruba names.
How popular is Ade?
Ade does not currently chart in the top 100 baby names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Ade
Ade sits in our royalty and rule group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Royal
Names like Ade
These share Ade's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sade — Honour confers a crown.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- August — Great, venerable, majestic.
- Kalani — The heavens; a chief.
- Aaliyah — Exalted; sublime.
- Aine — Radiance; queen of the fairies.
- Amir — Prince; commander.
- Amira — Princess; leader.
- Ariki — Chief; a high-born leader.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Augustus — Great, venerable and majestic.