Adolf is a boy's name of German origin meaning “noble.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Adolf belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “noble” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Adolf first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #599 in 1891, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,394 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Adolf means “noble” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Adolf is a boy name.
Adolf comes from the German, English & American, French and Scandinavian tradition.
Adolf first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #599 in 1891, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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