Adib is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “enlighted writer or one.” In 2024 it was given to 14 boys in the United States.
Adib at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“enlighted writer or one”
About the name Adib
Adib belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “enlighted writer or one” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Adib first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4919 in 1983, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 290 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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