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Adolphus
OriginLatin
Meaning"noble wolf"
About Adolphus
This softer version of Adolf is sadly still off-limits due to the connotations with Hitler.
As of October 2026, Adolphus ranked #12387 in US births in 2022 SSA, peaked at #330 in 1893.
Editor's take: The name Adolphus is a boy's name of Latin, Swedish origin meaning "noble wolf".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
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 |
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Adolphus on lists
Famous Adolphuss
- Adolphus Washington Greely
American polar explorer
- Adolphus Busch
German,American cofounder of Anheuser,Busch
- Adolphus Williamson Green
American cofounder of Nabisco
- Adolphus Charles Alexander Albert Edward George Philip Louis Ladislaus Cambridge
Prince of Teck, 1st Marquess of Cambridge
- Adolphus Druiding
German,American architect
- Adolphus "Dolly" Jones
Kittitian footballer and runner
- Adolphus William Ward
English historian
- Gustavus Adolphus
King of Sweden
Adolphus in pop culture
- Adolphus Tetterby
struggling news,vendor in The Haunted Man (1848) by Charles Dickens
- Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, Minnesota
Adolphus in blog posts
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