Adolphe
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Adolphe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Adolphe
The earliest SSA record of Adolphe as a baby boy name dates back to 1911, when 5 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 25 newborns named Adolphe — #1,342 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Adolphe on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Adolphe last appeared in the published SSA data in 1959, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 295 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Adolphe
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Saint Adulf , early medieval Anglo-Saxon saint
- St. Adolphus , 9th-century Spanish martyr
- St. Adolf of Osnabrück , 13th-century German martyr
- St. Adolphus Ludigo-Mkasa , 19th-century Ugandan martyr
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Names that sound like Adolphe
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About the name Adolphe
Adolphe is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 295 births in the dataset. Adolphe's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,342. Use the chart and map above to compare Adolphe'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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