Adela (given name)

Adela
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameGermanic
Meaningnoble, serene
Other names
Related namesAdalia, Adelaide, Adele, Adelheid, Adelia, Adélie, Adelina, Adeline, Adelle, Zélie, Adel
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Adela is a female given name meaning 'noble' or 'serene'.[1][2]

Adela is also a male name in Ethiopia, which means 'favours'. It is also a feminine name in Arabic (عدله).

Notable people named Adela include:

  1. ^ a b Campbell, Kelly. <http://wiki.name.com/en/Adela Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine> "Adela," Wiki.Name.com
  2. ^ Varnhorn, Beate; Lexikoninstitut Bertelsmann (2008). Bertelsmann, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen (in German). Gütersloh: Wissen-Media-Verlag. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-577-07694-4. Retrieved 25 October 2018.