Adele

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French diminutive of Adelaide

"noble, nobility"

Adele Origin and Meaning

The name Adele is a girl's name of German, French origin meaning "noble, nobility".

Credit the award-winning single-named British singer for taking the girls’ name Adele from a quiet semi-retirement back into currency. Adele reentered the US Top 1000 popular baby names in 2011 and has remained there ever since.

Adele is both a saint's and a royal name, having originated as the French version of the German Adela. It's one of the most stylish girl names starting with A.

Molly Ringwald chose Adele for one of her twins, and Fred Astaire's first dancing partner was his older sister Adele.

Historically, Adele was the name of the youngest daughter of William the Conquerer. Music lovers might associate the name with a character in Johann Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus, while a prime literary reference is Jane Eyre's young charge.

Adele Rank in US Top 1000

# 798 in the US

Adele Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 635 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Adele

• 798 US 2024
• 635 Nameberry 2025
• 138 Canada 2024
• 456 Future 2028
• 767 England 2024
• 326 Germany 2016
• 31 Italy 2023
• 84 sweden 2016
• 11 Israel 2023

20 Names Similar to Adele

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Adele.

• Elsa
• Eileen
• Elaine
• Cecelia
• Nina
• Annabel
• Madeleine
• Celine
• Camilla
• Camille
• Valerie
• Anneliese
• Jacqueline
• Mina
• Elisabeth
• Naomi
• Adrienne
• Nadia
• Miranda
• Lara

Famous People Named Adele

• Adele (Laurie Blue Adkins) British singer,songwriter
• Adèle Exarchopoulos French actress
• Adele Marie Astaire American dancer
• Adele Emily Sandé birth name of Emeli Sandé, British singer,songwriter
• Adele Mara (born Adelaide Delgado) American actress
• Adele DeGarde American actress
• Adele Griffin American novelist
• Adele Katie Silva English actress
• Adèle King aka Twink Irish singer of girl group Maxi, Dick and Twink; mother of singer Chloë Agnew of Celtic Woman
• Adèle Haenel French actress
• Adèle Hugo youngest daughter of novelist Victor Hugo
• Adele Georgiana (b. 2009) daughter of American actress Molly Ringwald
• Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002) daughter of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
• Adele Bloch Bauer, model for Gustav Klimt's "The Woman In Gold"

The name Adele in Pop Culture

• Adele von Glanzreich from the anime Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine (The Royal Tutor), the name goes by a German pronunciation, ah,DAY,la.
• Adele Varens Mr Rochester's ward and Jane's young pupil in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
• Adele Dronsart Belgian pupil at Mlle (Zoraide) Reuter's in "The Professor" (1857) by Charlotte Bronte
• Adele Stackhouse character on TV's "True Blood"
• Adele Webber character on "Grey's Anatomy"
• Adele Ratignolle character in Kate Chopin's"The Awakening" (1899)
• Adele the Singing Coach Fairy character in book series "Rainbow Magic"
• Adele Invergordan character in movie "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
• Adele Roberts character in "The Hollow Kingdom" by Clare Dunkle
• Adele character in film"Blue is the Warmest Color", portrayed by Adele Exarchopoulos
• Adele de Pignerolles character in G. A. Henty's "A Cornet of Horse"
• "Adele Dazeem " John Travolta's infamous mispronunciation of "Idina Menzel"
• Adele Wayne Dwayne's mother on TV sitcom "A Different World"