Given name & surname · also Old High German
Adelmar
Adelmar is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in German and Dutch.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Adelmar comes from Old High German, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old High German *Adalmār, from Proto-West Germanic *Aþalamār.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Adelmar’s family of names
In German usage, Adelmar has a diminutive in Elmar. In German usage, Adelmar has a related form in ALDEMAR. In German usage, Adelmar has a related form in ALDEMAR.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adelmar
- Adelmar TavaresBrazilian academic (1888–1963)
- Adelmar Faria Coimbra-FilhoBrazilian biologist1924–2016
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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