Adele (given name)
Adele (also spelled Adèle) is a feminine given name meaning 'nobility'. It derives from German Adel meaning 'nobility' or adal, 'noble'.[1]
| Pronunciation | /əˈdɛl/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German |
| Meaning | 'Nobility' in German, from Proto-Germanic aþalą; cf. English athel |
| Other names | |
| See also | Adela, Adelaide, Adelheid, Adelia, Adeline |
Its male form is the Germanic given name Adel. It should not be confused with the Arabic name ʻAdil (or ʻAdel), which has a different pronunciation and means 'just' in Arabic.
People with the given name
A–F
- Adèle of Champagne (1140–1206), French queen consort
- Adèle of Dreux, French countess
- Adele of Meaux (950–980), French countess
- Adele of Valois, French countess
- Adele of Vermandois (910–960), French countess
- Adele Addison (born 1925), American singer
- Adele Adkins, professionally known just as Adele, English singer-songwriter
- Adele Ajosun (died 1837), Oba of Lagos
- Adèle Almati (1861–1919), German-Swedish opera singer
- Adèle Anderson (born 1952), British singer
- Adele Änggård (born 1933), British-Swedish costume and stage designer
- Adele Anthony (born 1971), Australian musician
- Adele Arakawa (born 1958), American news anchor
- Adele Astaire (1897–1981), American singer and dancer
- Adelle August (1934–2005), American movie actress
- Adèle Bayer (1814–1892), Belgian missionary
- Adele Boyd (1932–2018), American field hockey player
- Adele Broadbent (born 1968), New Zealand children's author
- Adele Carles (born 1968), Australian politician
- Adèle Christiaens, Belgian fencer
- Adele Cutler, English-born New Zealand and American statistician
- Adelle Davis (1904–1974), American author
- Adele DeGarde (1899–1972), American actress
- Adele DeLeeuw (1899–1988), American writer
- Adele Diamond, Canadian psychologist
- Adele Dixon (1908–1992), English actor
- Adele Dunlap (1902–2017), American teacher and nation's oldest living person at the time of her death
- Adele Duttweiler (1892–1990), Swiss philanthropist
- Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
- Adele Faccio (1920–2007), Italian politician
- Adele Farina (born 1964), Australian politician
- Adele Ferguson, Australian investigative journalist
- Adele Fifield (born 1966), Canadian director
G–R
- Adele Garrison, American writer
- Adèle Geras (born 1944), English writer
- Adele Girard (1913–1993), American jazz harpist
- Adele Givens, American actress
- Adele Goldberg (linguist) (born 1963), American linguist
- Adele Goldberg (computer scientist) (born 1945), American computer scientist
- Adele Goldstine (1920–1964), American computer scientist
- Adele Khoury Graham (born 1938), Lebanese educator
- Adele Griffin (born 1970), American writer
- Adèle Haenel (born 1989), French actress
- Adele Holness, English singer
- Adele C. Howells (1886–1951), American general president of the Primary
- Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), French diary writer and daughter of author Victor Hugo
- Adèle Isaac (1854–1915), French opera singer
- Adele Jergens (1917–2002), American actress
- Adele Kern (1901–1980), German soprano opera and operetta singer
- Adèle Kindt (1804–1884), Belgian painter
- Adele King (born 1951), Irish entertainer
- Adele Kurzweil (1925–1942), Austrian Holocaust victim
- Adèle Caby-Livannah (born 1957), African writer
- Adelle Lutz (born 1948), American artist
- Adele Mara (1923–2010), American actress
- Adele Marcus (1906–1995), American pianist
- Adele Megann (born 1962), Canadian writer
- Adele Morales (1925–2015), American painter and memoirist
- Adele aus der Ohe (1864–1937), German pianist and composer
- Adele Parks (born 1969), English novelist
- Adele Passy-Cornet (1838–1915), German opera singer
- Adele W. Paxson (1913–2000), American socialite
- Adele Ramos, Belizean poet, author, journalist and publisher
- Adele Reinhartz, Canadian academic
- Adele Roberts (born 1979), British television show participant
- Adel Rootstein (1930–1992), British mannequin designer
- Adele Rose (1933–2020), British television writer
- Adele Rova, (born 1996) Fijian swimmer
S–Z
- Adele Emily Sandé, known as Emeli Sandé (born 1987), Scottish singer-songwriter
- Adele Sandrock (1863–1937), German actress
- Adele Silva (born 1980), British soap actress
- Adele Simpson (1903–1995), American fashion designer
- Adele Spitzeder (1832–1895), German actor, folk singer and confidence trickster
- Adele Stolte (born 1932), German soprano singer
- Adelle Stripe (born 1976), English poet
- Adele Stürzl (1892–1944), Austrian resistance fighter
- Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (1789–1828), French nun
- Adele Tucker (1868–1971), Bermudian schoolteacher and trade unionist
- Adele Ann Wilby (born 1950), Australian activist
- Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), Canadian author
- Adele Wong (born 1983), Singaporean actress
Fictional characters
- Adele Verans, the young French ward of Mr. Rochester in the novel Jane Eyre and its adaptations
- Adele Airota, mother-in-law of the narrator Elena in the Neapolitan Novels
- Elena's daughter, also named Adele Airota, but always called Dede
- Adèle Blanc-Sec, main character of Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec written by Jacques Tardi
- Adele Mundy, Communications Officer librarian, and spy in the RCN Series space opera
- Adele Azupadi, a character in the TV series The Story of Tracy Beaker
- Adele Stackhouse, Sookie's grandmother in True Blood
- Adèle Ratignolle, a standard of feminine beauty in the American classic The Awakening by Kate Chopin
References
- Satran, Pamela Redmond; Rosenkrantz, Linda (2007). The Baby Name Bible: The Ultimate Guide By America's Baby-Naming Experts. Macmillan. p. 31. ISBN 9780312352202.
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