Adolf
About Adolf
Adolf may have been a Swedish royal name but the terrible dictatorship of Adolf Hitler has ruled out this name Adolf for any sensible parent. In the US last year, there were more than 100 boys' given the Spanish variation Adolfo and a handful given the old school Adolphus, but none named Adolf or Adolph....thank goodness.
Pronounced AH-dolf.
As of October 2026, Adolf ranked #8132 in US births in 1990 SSA, peaked at #599 in 1891, Nameberry popularity #733.
Editor's take: The name Adolf is a boy's name of Danish origin meaning "noble wolf".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Adolf on lists
Famous Adolfs
- Saint Adolf of Osnabrück
German bishop
- Adolf
King of Germany
- Adolf Frederick
King of Sweden
- Adolf Hitler
Austrian,born Nazi dictator and mass,murderer
- (Otto) Adolf Eichmann
German Nazi SS commander
- Adolf Joseph Ferdinand "Dolfo" Galland
German WWII general and flying ace
- Adolf Franz Karl Viktor Maria Loos
Austrian,Czech architect
- Adolf Dickfeld
German WWII flying ace
- (Johann Friedrich Wilhelm) Adolf von Baeyer
German chemist who synthesized indigo; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
German chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
- Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt
German biochemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
Adolf in pop culture
- Adolf Kamil and Adolf Kaufmann
title characters in manga "Adolf" by Osamu Tezuka