Adele (given name)

Adele (also spelled Adèle) is a feminine given name meaning 'nobility'. It derives from German Adel meaning 'nobility' or adal, 'noble'.^[1]

Its male form is the Germanic given name Adel. It should not be confused with the Arabic name ʻAdil (or ʻAdel), which has a different pronunciation and means 'justice' in Arabic.

People with the given name[]

A–F[]

• Adèle of Champagne (1140–1206), French queen consort
• Adèle Charvet (born 1983), French mezzo-soprano
• Adèle of Dreux, French countess
• Adele of Meaux (950–980), French countess
• Adele of Valois, French countess
• Adele of Vermandois (910–960), French countess
• Adele Addison (born 1925), American singer
• Adele Adkins, professionally known just as Adele, English singer-songwriter
• Adele Ajosun (died 1837), Oba of Lagos
• Adèle Almati (1861–1919), German-Swedish opera singer
• Adèle Anderson (born 1952), British singer
• Adele Änggård (born 1933), British-Swedish costume and stage designer
• Adele Anthony (born 1971), Australian musician
• Adele Arakawa (born 1958), American news anchor
• Adele Astaire (1897–1981), American singer and dancer
• Adelle August (1934–2005), American movie actress
• Adèle Bayer (1814–1892), Belgian missionary
• Adele Boyd (1932–2018), American field hockey player
• Adele Broadbent (born 1968), New Zealand children's author
• Adele Carles (born 1968), Australian politician
• Adèle Christiaens, Belgian fencer
• Adele Cutler, English-born New Zealand and American statistician
• Adelle Davis (1904–1974), American author
• Adele DeGarde (1899–1972), American actress
• Adele DeLeeuw (1899–1988), American writer
• Adele Diamond, Canadian psychologist
• Adele Dixon (1908–1992), English actor
• Adele Dunlap (1902–2017), American teacher and nation's oldest living person at the time of her death
• Adele Duttweiler (1892–1990), Swiss philanthropist
• Adèle Exarchopoulos, French actress
• Adele Faccio (1920–2007), Italian politician
• Adele Farina (born 1964), Australian politician
• Adele Ferguson, Australian investigative journalist
• Adele Fifield (born 1966), Canadian director

G–R[]

• Adele Garrison, American writer
• Adèle Geras (born 1944), English writer
• Adele Girard (1913–1993), American jazz harpist
• Adele Givens, American actress
• Adele Goldberg (linguist) (born 1963), American linguist
• Adele Goldberg (computer scientist) (born 1945), American computer scientist
• Adele Goldstine (1920–1964), American computer scientist
• Adele Khoury Graham (born 1938), Lebanese educator
• Adele Griffin (born 1970), American writer
• Adèle Haenel (born 1989), French actress
• Adele Holness, English singer
• Adele C. Howells (1886–1951), American general president of the Primary
• Adèle Hugo (1830–1915), French diary writer and daughter of author Victor Hugo
• Adèle Isaac (1854–1915), French opera singer
• Adele Jergens (1917–2002), American actress
• Adele Kern (1901–1980), German soprano opera and operetta singer
• Adèle Kindt (1804–1884), Belgian painter
• Adele King (born 1951), Irish entertainer
• Adele Kurzweil (1925–1942), Austrian Holocaust victim
• Adèle Caby-Livannah (born 1957), African writer
• Adelle Lutz (born 1948), American artist
• Adele Mara (1923–2010), American actress
• Adele Marcus (1906–1995), American pianist
• Adele Megann (born 1962), Canadian writer
• Adele Morales (1925–2015), American painter and memoirist
• Adele aus der Ohe (1864–1937), German pianist and composer
• Adele Parks (born 1969), English novelist
• Adele Passy-Cornet (1838–1915), German opera singer
• Adele W. Paxson (1913–2000), American socialite
• Adele Ramos, Belizean poet, author, journalist and publisher
• Adele Reinhartz, Canadian academic
• Adele Roberts (born 1979), British radio DJ and television personality
• Adel Rootstein (1930–1992), British mannequin designer
• Adele Rose (1933–2020), British television writer
• Adele Rova, (born 1996) Fijian swimmer

S–Z[]

• Adele Emily Sandé, known as Emeli Sandé (born 1987), Scottish singer-songwriter
• Adele Sandrock (1863–1937), German actress
• Adele Silva (born 1980), British soap actress
• Adele Simpson (1903–1995), American fashion designer
• Adele Spitzeder (1832–1895), German actor, folk singer and confidence trickster
• Adele Stolte (born 1932), German soprano singer
• Adelle Stripe (born 1976), English poet
• Adele Stürzl (1892–1944), Austrian resistance fighter
• Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (1789–1828), French nun
• Adele Tucker (1868–1971), Bermudian schoolteacher and trade unionist
• Adele Ann Wilby (born 1950), Australian activist
• Adele Wiseman (1928–1992), Canadian author
• Adele Wong (born 1983), Singaporean actress

Fictional characters[]

• Adele Verans, the young French ward of Mr. Rochester in the novel Jane Eyre and its adaptations
• Adele Airota, mother-in-law of the narrator Elena in the Neapolitan Novels
  • Elena's daughter, also named Adele Airota, but always called Dede
• Adèle Blanc-Sec, main character of Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec written by Jacques Tardi
• Adele Mundy, Communications Officer librarian, and spy in the RCN Series space opera
• Adele Azupadi, a character in the TV series The Story of Tracy Beaker
• Adele Stackhouse, Sookie's grandmother in True Blood
• Adèle Ratignolle, a standard of feminine beauty in the American classic The Awakening by Kate Chopin
• Adele Ferguson, a character in the book Behind Her Eyes (novel) by Sarah Pinborough

See also[]

• Adelheid
• Adelaide (given name)

References[]

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