Given name & surname
Adolphe
“a noble, majestic wolf”
Adolphe is a variant of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adolphe is a variant of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adolphe is a variant of Adolph. An origin associated with Adolph is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adolphe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 295
- 295 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 25 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 1959. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 207 as a first name in 2020; 648 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adolphe’s family of names
In French usage, Adolphe shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Adofe. In French usage, Adolphe has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Adolfo. Adolphe has a related form in Adolph.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adolphe has relatives in 28 languages.
14 related names in 28 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.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adolphe
- Adolphe ThiersPresident of France from 1871 to 1873 (1797-1877)
- Adolphe SaxBelgian musical instrument designer and musician (1814–1894)
- Adolphe AdamFrench composer (1803–1856)
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgDuke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)1817–1905
- Adolphe MenjouAmerican actor (1890–1963)
- Adolphe MuzitoCongolese Prime Ministerborn 1957
- Adolphe-Théodore BrongniartFrench botanist (1801-1876)
- Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorpduke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586)
- Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lipperegent of the Principality of Lippe (1859-1916)
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