48%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Yiddish (Rare) Scripts האָדל(Yiddish) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Diminutive of Hode. This is the name of Tevye's second daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on late 19th-century stories by Sholem Aleichem. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesHadassah(Biblical) Hadassah(Biblical Hebrew) Hadas, Hadasa, Hadassah(Hebrew) Categories ends in -el, Fiddler on the Roof characters, flowers, nature, plants, trees