Given name & surname · also Latin
Adolfas
Adolfas is a masculine given name, possibly from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Adolfas possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Latin Adolphus, from Gothic *𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃, from Proto-Germanic *Aþalawulfaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Adolfas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Adolfas shares a linguistic root with the Latvian form Ādolfs. In Lithuanian usage, Adolfas has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Adolfo. In Lithuanian usage, Adolfas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Adolf.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Adolfas has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
6 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adolfas
- Adolfas ŠleževičiusLithuania politician, Prime Minister of Lithuania (1948–2022)
- Adolfas RamanauskasLithuanian general (1918–1957)
- Adolfas MekasLithuanian film director (1925–2011)
- Adolfas JucysLithuanian theoretical physicist (1904-1974)
- Adolfas AleksejūnasLithuanian athletics competitorborn 1937
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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