Adela
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning noble; of noble birth.
Adela by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Adela. In the US, 184 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 227 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Adela
Forms of Adela in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Dellanoble; a form of Adela248 in the US (2017)
- Addienoble; a diminutive of Adela or Adelaide186 in the US (2017)
- Adalienoble natured; a form of Adela160 in the US (2017)
- Adaleighnoble; a form of Adela with modern spelling135 in the US (2017)
- Adleighnoble; a modern respelling of Adela124 in the US (2017)
- Adellnoble; a form of Adele or Adela14 in the US (2017)
- Adaleaha form of Adela; noble natured10 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Adela
Names that are said the same way as Adela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Adela, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Adela
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