69%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From the Old German elements adal "noble" and mari "famous". It is a cognate of the Old English name Æðelmær. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesÆðelmær(Anglo-Saxon) Amse(Frisian) Elmar(German) Elmārs(Latvian) Edelmiro(Spanish) User SubmissionAdelmár Categories fame, nobility Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 176.