Baby name
RISING
🇦🇺 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 Adela
/ah · DEL · ah/
Meaning
“Noble”
Feminine form of Germanic 'Adal' meaning 'noble', historically used by Anglo-Saxon and medieval European nobility.
Nicknames
adele · ada · della
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Victorian revival (1850-1920); modern resurgence post-2008 tied to Adele the singer; now trendy in UK/Australia.
The cultural moment.
Strong growth in UK/Australia (2010+) due to cultural association; rising in US as millennial parents rediscover Victorian names.