Given name
Adolpha
“a noble, majestic wolf”
Adolpha is a feminine form of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adolpha is a feminine form of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Adolpha is used as a feminine counterpart of Adolph.
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
Adolpha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 5 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 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adolpha’s family of names
Adolpha is a feminine form of Adolph. Adolpha has a related form in Adolfina. Adolpha has a related form in Adolfa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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