Adolphus
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Adolphus
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)
- Germanic
The Story of Adolphus
American parents first put Adolphus on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 17 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1922, when 85 Adolphuss were born — ranking #709 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 4K Adolphuss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adolphus
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Adolphus. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Adalwolf
- Adolf
Notable people named Adolphus
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 Adolphus
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About the name Adolphus
Adolphus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Adolphus's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #709. Use the chart and map above to compare Adolphus'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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