Given name
Adelfa
“beloved sister”
Adelfa is a variant of Adelpha. One Greek interpretation is “beloved sister.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adelfa is a variant of Adelpha. One Greek interpretation is “beloved sister.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adelfa is a variant of Adelpha. An origin associated with Adelpha is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adelfa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 345
- 0 boys · 345 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 16 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 girls is 5 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,005 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adelfa’s family of names
In Italian usage, Adelfa has a diminutive in Delfa. Adelfa has a related form in Adelpha. In Cebuano usage, Adelfa has a related form in GADEL.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Adelfa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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