Adderly
Adderly is a Canadian television adventure-drama series which aired from 1986 to 1988. It was broadcast on both Canadian TV and on CBS in the United States. It starred Vancouver-born Winston Rekert as "charming and witty V. H. Adderly," an operative working for an obscure government intelligence agency.
Meaning & Origin of Adderly
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adderly is a Canadian television adventure-drama series which aired from 1986 to 1988. It was broadcast on both Canadian TV and on CBS in the United States. It starred Vancouver-born Winston Rekert as "charming and witty V. H. Adderly," an operative working for an obscure government intelligence agency.
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Origin & history
The Story of Adderly
American parents first put Adderly on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 6 Adderlys were born — ranking #6,089 that year. About 55% of every Adderly on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Adderly last appeared in the published SSA data in 1990, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Adderly
Adderly is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Adderly's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #6,089. Use the chart and map above to compare Adderly's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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