Name Adar
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Hebrew
Scripts אדר, אַדָּר(Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsAddar
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Meaning & History
Variant of Adara ("noble, exalted, praised"). Adar features in the Jewish calendar as the name of the twelfth month of the biblical year and the sixth month of the civil year, when Purim is celebrated ('thus girls born during this period often bear the name Adara').