Adolf

Also known as Adolf (given name), Adolf (first name)

Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.

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Given name2.name: Adolf
Given name2.image: Siegel_Adolf_von_Nassau_Posse.JPG
Given name2.caption: King Adolf of Germany
Given name2.gender: Male
Given name2.variant forms: Adi (nickname), Addie (nickname), Ady (nickname), Addy (nickname), Alf (short), Alfie (nickname), Adolff, Adolph, Adolphe, Ādolfs, Adolphus, Adolfo, Aatu, Dolfy (nickname), Dolphy (nickname), Adalwolf, Waldwolf
Given name2.meaning: Noble wolf, Wolf power or Bright wolf
Given name2.language: German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Welsh, Portuguese

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native label: Adolf
Soundex: A341
Cologne phonetics: 0253
Caverphone: ATF1111111
Commons category: Adolf (given name)
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Popularity and usage
Monarchs and nobles
Saints
People with the given name in any variant
Adolf
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Adolfas
Adolfo
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Adolphe
Adolphus
People with the surname Adolf or Adolphus
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Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.

The name is a compound derived from the Old High German Athalwolf (or Hadulf), a composition of athal, or adal, meaning "noble" (or had(u)-, meaning "battle, combat"), and wolf. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name Æthelwulf (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power", "brightness" and wolf (Waldwulf).