Adela
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Given Name ADELA

GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: ə-DEL-ə (English), a-DE-la (Polish)  [details]

Meaning & History

Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble". Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.

Related Names

VARIANTS: Adele, Adelia, Adella (English), Adelia (Spanish), Adelina, Alda (Ancient Germanic)
DIMINUTIVES: Delia, Della (English), Adelita (Spanish (Latin American))
MASCULINE FORM: Aldo (Ancient Germanic)
OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Adelina (Bulgarian), Adéla (Czech), Aada, Ada, Adele (Finnish), Adèle, Adeline, Aude, Aline, Line (French), Adele, Adelina, Alina (German), Adél, Ada (Hungarian), Adele, Adelina, Alda, Ada, Alina (Italian), Adelina, Alda, Aldina, Dina (Portuguese), Aline (Portuguese (Brazilian))
SAME SPELLING: Adéla
USER SUBMISSION: Adelä

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Sources & References

  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 159

Categories

currently out of the US top 1000, princesses, saints, short forms
Entry updated July 2, 2017