Female Name
Adela
ə.ˈdɛl.ə
a.ˈðe.la
a.ˈdɛ.la
ˈa.dɛ.la
Overview
Gender
feminine
Origin
Categories
currently out of the US top 1000
Dishonored characters
ends in -ela
English princesses
famous Kurds
Henry James characters
nobility
Path to Nowhere characters
princesses
saints
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
79/100
classic120%
formal100%
upper class120%
natural80%
wholesome120%
refined140%
strange80%
serious100%
Meaning & Etymology
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element adal meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic *aþalaz). Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.