Adel

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Adele in US United States, GB United Kingdom, LT Lithuania and 8 more, Adil in TR Türkiye, MA Morocco, IQ Iraq and 3 more, Адель in RU Russia, UA Ukraine and Adeli in BR Brazil, PE Peru.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Adel is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name102K records spelled Adel60 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan, Italian

  Also written Adél, Adèl, Àdél, Ãdël, Ãdęl

• English given name83K records spelled Adel50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hungary, Australia, Tunisia

  Languages: English, Hungarian, Dutch

  Also written Adél, Adèl, Ädel, Ádel, Ådel

• Spanish given name35K records spelled Adel5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Venezuela, Spain

  Also written Adél, A-Del, Ädël, Ãdél

• Portuguese given name16K records spelled Adel24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Algeria

  Also written Adél, Ãdęl, Adèl, Ådęl, Ädel

• German given name9.5K records spelled Adel49 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Ädel, Adél, Aedel, Ad-El, Âdêl

• Turkish given name6.4K records spelled Adel21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Azerbaijan, Iraq

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

  Also written Adele, Adèle, Adél, Áďĕl, Adèl

• a separate given name5.4K records spelled Adel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Iraq, Iran

  Also written Ädel, Adèl, Ådel, Âdel, Adél

• Indonesian given name5.3K records spelled Adel14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Adel, Adél, Ãďel, Ădėl, Ådel

• Danish given name3.0K records spelled Adel31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Aadel, Ådel, Ãdęl, Ǻdél, Adél

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Adel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Se Adil, Adolf.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, from adal 'noble'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, Kurzform zu Adal-[wald,bald]; mit t-Antritt (-t). 204 Belege, in ganz Deutschland verstreut; 1942 v.a. Niederschlesien und Sudetenland.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

• In German, patronymisch aus einstämmiger Kurzform eines Rufnamens mit Adel-; 204 Träger

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• Justo

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 125 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adil Shahb. 1719IRnot in their usual nameThe second Afsharid king (1747–1748)
• Myrna Loyb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1905–1993)
• Adele Goldstineb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer programmer (1920–1964)
• Adil Abdul-Mahdib. 1942IQnot in their usual nameIraqi politician
• Adele Neuhauserb. 1959ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actress
• Adil Hussainb. 1963INnot in their usual nameIndian actor of Iraqi origin
• Adil Ramib. 1985FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1985)
• Emeli Sandéb. 1987GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer
• Adeleb. 1988GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1988)
• Melanie Martinezb. 1995BRnot in their usual nameMexican-American singer-songwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 932 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adel?

We estimate roughly 114 thousand people bear Adel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Adel have the most bearers?

Adel is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled adil.

Where is Adel most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Adel is densest in Lithuania — about 1 in 149 people — even though Türkiye holds more of our records for it.

How common is Adel compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Adel is the 88th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Adel a male or female name?

Adel is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Adel mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adele.