The story behind Adele
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
Other language forms and explanations (3)
Finnish entry
From French Adèle.
German entry
Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare edel and Adel.
Italian entry
Borrowed from French Adèle, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare German edel, English athel, Old English æþele.
Pronunciation
English; dialect unspecified: /əˈdɛl/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Finnish: /ˈɑdele/
- Finnish: [ˈɑ̝de̞le̞]
- German: /aˈdeːlə/
- Italian: /aˈdɛ.le/
Popularity
Adele ranked #751 in US for 2025.
Source: SSA national baby names
Names Similar to Adele
Alice
English Alice From Middle English Alice, from Old French Alys, Alice, from Old High German Adalheid, proposed to derive from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Aline
Borrowed from French Aline. Borrowed from French Aline.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Alizé
From French Alizé, from alizé.
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends É
- same syllable count
- similar length
Annette
From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Anselme
a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Anselm
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Antoine
From French Antoine. Doublet of Anthony.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Adele
Abelard
From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Abelardo
Borrowed from French Abélard.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Adelaide
Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheid (from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”)), modern German Adelheid; doublet of Alice.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Adele
Baldwin
From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Barret
Spelling variant of Barrett
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Benoit
Borrowed from French Benoît.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length