Addai (given name)

Addai
Pronunciation
  • Classical Syriac: [ʔaddaj], Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: [ʔaːdiː]
GenderMasculine
Origin
Word/nameClassical Syriac: ܐܕܝ (Addai)
MeaningThaddeus

Addai (Syriac: ܐܕܝ) is a Syriac given name, equivalent to the Greek and Latin Thaddeus (Greek: Θαδδαῖος). It may refer to:

  • Addai I, also known as Thaddeus of Edessa (1st/2nd century AD), saint and evangelist of Edessa
  • Addai II Giwargis, patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East since 1970
  • Addai Scher (1867–1915), the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Siirt
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