Adabelle

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Adabelle by the numbers

Adabelle was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Adabelle

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adabelle. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anabellegrace and beauty; a form of Annabel266 in the US (2017)
  • Arabelleyielding to prayer; a form of Arabella145 in the US (2017)
  • Avabellebird and beautiful; form of Ava with belle6 in the US (2017)
  • Adabella12 in the US (2017)
  • Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
  • Arabellayielding to prayer; beautiful altar1,368 in England and Wales (2025)

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