Adela

Spellings & scripts●

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 15 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◐

Adela is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name468K records spelled Adela36 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Poland, Croatia, Ukraine

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Croatian

  Also written Adéla, Адела, 'Adela, Аделы, Ädëlä

• English given name169K records spelled Adela20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Ecuador, Philippines

  Languages: English, German, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Adéla, Adèla, Adelā, Âdẻla

• Catalan given name23K records spelled Adela2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain

  Also written Adéla

• a separate given name15K records spelled Adela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Bolivia, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Adéla, Adelâ

• Indonesian given name5.8K records spelled Adela4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, United States

  Also written 'Adela, Adela', Adéla

• English surname1.4K records spelled Adela69 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, United Kingdom, Laos

  Languages: English, Thai, Lao

  Also written Edelman, Ud, Adelina, Ade, Ide

55 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●

Adela 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.

• Latinate form of Adele, especially popular in the late roth century. g

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from the Germanic languages.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• English: Latinate form of ADELE , especially popular in the late 19th century

  as a word

• In Ewe, hunter

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In ang, filth

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Adelaide of Maurienneb. 1092FRnot in their usual namesecond spouse but first Queen consort of Louis VI of France
• Adelaide of Vohburgb. 1127DEnot in their usual nameQueen of Germany from 1152 to 1153
• Adela Zamudiob. 1854BOBolivian writer
• Mary Adela Blaggb. 1858GBBritish astronomer (1858–1944)
• Adela Pankhurstb. 1885GBBritish-Australian suffragette and political activist
• Adela Rogers St. Johnsb. 1894USAmerican journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988)
• Sara Lidmanb. 1923SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer
• Cilia Floresb. 1956VEnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of Venezuela from 2013 to 2026
• Adelab. 1969MXMexican actress
• Adela Popescub. 1986RORomanian actor and singer

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 · 1,010 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adela?

We estimate roughly 160 thousand people bear Adela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Adela have the most bearers?

Adela is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled adela.

Where is Adela most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Adela is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 119 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Adela compared with other names?

In Argentina, Adela is the 342nd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Adela a male or female name?

Adela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Adela mean?

Recorded meaning: Germanic adal- 'noble lineage'; short form of compound names