Girl · Germanic, through Spanish
Adela
Say it: ah-DEH-lah
Meaning
From Germanic adal 'noble'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its pet form gave the title of the Mexican revolutionary corrido 'La Adelita'.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1890s
In the United States
- 13,037 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1899, about 1 in 6,500 girls
- 199 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Adelita
| French | Adèle |
|---|---|
| English | Adele |
| German | Adele |
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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