Adele

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Adil in TR Türkiye, MA Morocco, IQ Iraq and 3 more, Adel in EG Egypt, SY Syria, SA Saudi Arabia and 2 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 11 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◐

Adele is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name232K records spelled Adele6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Brazil, Italy

  Languages: French, Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Adèle

• Finnish given name32K records spelled Adele5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Adéle, Adèle

• a separate given name14K records spelled Adele5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada

  Also written Adèle, Adéle, Adelé, Adelė

• French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name6.7K records spelled Adele2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

  Also written Adèle

• Ukrainian given name5.1K records spelled Adele25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, United States, Russia, Poland

  Languages: Ukrainian, Polish, Czech

  Also written Адель, Adel, Аделе, Адэль, Адел

• Swahili given name4.4K records spelled Adele3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Italy, Nigeria

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Adelé

• Amharic given name1.2K records spelled Adele7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ethiopia, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written አድል, አደለ, አደሌ, Adèle, አዴሌ

• Croatian given name915 records spelled Adele43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian

  Also written Adel, Адел, Adel', Adell, Аделе

57 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●

Adele 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 French, Nom germanique, de adal- « noble »; fête le 24 décembre (sainte Adèle).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swedish, Adele (Adèle) är en fransk form av det tyska namnet Adela. Det är ursprungligen en smekform till namn på → Adel-. Adele har blivit ett populärt namn under senare år. En känd namnbärare är den brittiska sångerskan Adele (Adkins, f. 1988). I den rikssvenska almanackan 5 september och i den finlandssvenska 16 december.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Coast or Land, region, Antarctica

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Adelie [Terre Adelie]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Germanic origin, from adal ‘noble’.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

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●

• Myrna Loyb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1905–1993)
• Adele Goldstineb. 1920USAmerican computer programmer (1920–1964)
• Adele Goldbergb. 1945USAmerican computer scientist (born 1945)
• Adele Neuhauserb. 1959ATAustrian actress
• Adele Limb. 1975MYMalaysian screenwriter and film producer
• Adele Romanskib. 1982USAmerican film producer
• Emeli Sandéb. 1987GBnot in their usual nameBritish singer
• Adeleb. 1988GBEnglish singer-songwriter (born 1988)
• Melanie Martinezb. 1995BRnot in their usual nameMexican-American singer-songwriter
• Phoebe Adele Gatesb. 2002USdaughter of Bill and Melinda Gates

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 · 956 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Adele?

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

In which country does Adele have the most bearers?

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

Where is Adele most common?

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

How common is Adele compared with other names?

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

Is Adele a male or female name?

Adele 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 Adele mean?

Recorded meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages.