Girl · Germanic
Adele
Say it: ah-DAY-leh
Meaning
From Germanic adal 'noble', through Latin Adela.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by Frankish and Norman princesses; revived in the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1890s
In the United States
- 40,623 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1897, about 1 in 1,300 girls
- 340 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Adela, Adèle
| French | Adèle |
|---|---|
| Italian | Adele |
| Spanish | Adela |
| English | Adele |
Famous bearers
- Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror
- Adele, English singer
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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