Baby name
FADING
🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇩🇪 Adolfo
/ah · DOHL · foh/
Meaning
“Noble wolf”
Germanic 'Adal' (noble) + 'Wolf' (wolf); Spanish/Italian variant of Adolf; shadowed by WWII association.
Nicknames
adolfo · dolf · fito
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Spanish/Italian heritage name; post-1945 adoption suppressed by German dictator association; now rare and dated.
The cultural moment.
Declining across Spain/Latin America; perceived as dated by Gen-X; essentially avoided by millennial parents.