Entry № 126 · French origin

Adele Adele — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-DELL /
Gender
Girl
Origin
French
Meaning
"Noble (Adele, 16-time Grammy winner)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (French)

A name that means "noble (adele, 16-time grammy winner)".

Adele is from the Old Germanic adal ("noble"). Her 21 (2011) was the best-selling album of the 21st century at the time of its release; 25 (2015) was the fastest-selling album in US history. Has performed at the Oscars, the Brit Awards, and Glastonbury.

Subject of countless music industry profiles.

Noble. 16 Grammys; her album 21 was the best-selling album of the 21st century when released.

The name in its native script.

Adèle
Transliteration
Adèle
Pronunciation
/ əˈdɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Adele stands.

Adele does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Adeles before her.

Real people
Adele
British singer-songwriter.
born 1988
In fiction
Adèle
Truffaut's The Story of Adele H.
1975

Names connected to Adele.

The number behind Adele.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Adele reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.