Adolf
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Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.
Key facts
- Given name2.name
- Adolf
- Given name2.image
- Siegel_Adolf_von_Nassau_Posse.JPG
- Given name2.caption
- King Adolf of Germany
- Given name2.gender
- Male
- Given name2.variant forms
- Adi (nickname), Addie (nickname), Ady (nickname), Addy (nickname), Alf (short), Alfie (nickname), Adolff, Adolph, Adolphe, Ādolfs, Adolphus, Adolfo, Aatu, Dolfy (nickname), Dolphy (nickname), Adalwolf, Waldwolf
- Given name2.meaning
- Noble wolf, Wolf power or Bright wolf
- Given name2.language
- German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, Welsh, Portuguese
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Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins.
The name is a compound derived from the Old High German Athalwolf (or Hadulf), a composition of athal, or adal, meaning "noble" (or had(u)-, meaning "battle, combat"), and wolf. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name Æthelwulf (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power", "brightness" and wolf (Waldwulf).
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