Given name
Adelard
“of noble strength”
Adelard is a variant of Adalhard. One German interpretation is “of noble strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adelard is a variant of Adalhard. One German interpretation is “of noble strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adelard is a variant of Adalhard. An origin associated with Adalhard is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adelard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 488 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 33 in 1919.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adelard’s family of names
Adelard has a related form in Adalhard. In English usage, Adelard has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form ADELARDO. In English usage, Adelard has a conventional equivalent in the Latin form Adelardus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adelard has relatives in 6 languages.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adelard
- Adelard of Bath12th-century English natural philosopher1075–1160
- Adalard of CorbieCarolingian saint751–826
- Mayanga MakuDR Congolese footballerborn 1948
- Adelard of SpoletoDuke of Spoleto750–824
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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