ADANI Origin of surname
ADANI, ADENI, HA-ADANI Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
The Jewish surname Adani/Adeni is associated with Aden in southern Yemen, a port and town in the south-west of the Arabian Peninsula, formerly the capital of the Republic of South Yemen. Aden had a medieval Jewish community of great importance, which is mentioned in the Cairo Genizah. Adani is recorded as a Jewish family name in a list of Jewish Yemenite families, made by Rabbi Shalom Gamliel, who was sent from Israel to Aden in 1949 to assist in the organization of the mass aliya from Yemen. A family called Adeni, who came to Israel from Yemen during the 1950s, changed its name to Ben-Avraham. Another Adeni family changed its name to Shmueli
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Adeni include the Yemenite born Talmud scholar and author Shlomo Adeni (1567-1632), who was a rabbi in Hebron; the early 17th century Yemenite poet Ehijahu Adeni; and Mahalal Ha-Adani (born 1883 in Aden, died 1950 in Tel Aviv), an industrialist, author and scholar, one of the founders of light industry in Tel Aviv, author of 'Bein Aden Le-Teiman' ("between Aden and Yemen"), about the Aden Jewish community.
The Jewish surname Adani/Adeni is associated with Aden in southern Yemen, a port and town in the south-west of the Arabian Peninsula, formerly the capital of the Republic of South Yemen. Aden had a medieval Jewish community of great importance, which is mentioned in the Cairo Genizah. Adani is recorded as a Jewish family name in a list of Jewish Yemenite families, made by Rabbi Shalom Gamliel, who was sent from Israel to Aden in 1949 to assist in the organization of the mass aliya from Yemen. A family called Adeni, who came to Israel from Yemen during the 1950s, changed its name to Ben-Avraham. Another Adeni family changed its name to Shmueli
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Adeni include the Yemenite born Talmud scholar and author Shlomo Adeni (1567-1632), who was a rabbi in Hebron; the early 17th century Yemenite poet Ehijahu Adeni; and Mahalal Ha-Adani (born 1883 in Aden, died 1950 in Tel Aviv), an industrialist, author and scholar, one of the founders of light industry in Tel Aviv, author of 'Bein Aden Le-Teiman' ("between Aden and Yemen"), about the Aden Jewish community.