Given name & surname
Adolpho
“a noble, majestic wolf”
Adolpho is a variant of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adolpho is a variant of Adolph. One German interpretation is “a noble, majestic wolf.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adolpho 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 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adolpho through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 227
- 227 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 9 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 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 391 as a first name in 2020; 159 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.
Adolpho’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Adolpho has a related form in Adolfo. In English usage, Adolpho was borrowed from the Spanish form Adolfo. Adolpho has a related form in Adolph.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adolpho
- Adolfo Bezerra de MenezesBrazilian journalist, physician, military personnel, writer and politician (1831–1900)
- Adolpho WashingtonAmerican boxerborn 1967
- Adolpho BlochBrazilian businessman1908–1995
- Adolpho LindenbergBrazilian writer and architect1924–2024
- AraújoBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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