Adela

Adela is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

Adela is like the Nebenform Adele since the Middle Ages a short form of names - formed needle, especially Adelheid. In Spanish, it also occurs as a separate form of the name.

Name-day

Name saint is St. Adela of Pfalzel. Your feast day is December 24.

Variants

  • French: Adèle
  • English: Ethel
  • Czech: Adela

Famous names winners

  • Adela of Blois (c. 1062, † 1138 ), daughter of William I of England
  • Adela of Champagne (1145-1206), Queen of France
  • Elizabeth Adela Forbes (1859-1912), Canadian painter
  • Adela of France ( probably in 1009 or * 1014, † 1079 ), Countess of Flanders and saints, even " Adela of Messines "
  • Adela of Hamaland (955-1028), Countess in the present province of Gelderland and Drenthe
  • Adela Florence Nicolson (1865-1904), English poet
  • Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894-1988), American journalist, novelist and screenwriter
  • Adela of Pfalzel (* 660, † 735 ), monastery founder and Holy
  • Adela of Vohburg (* 1128, † after 1187 ), German Queen and Duchess of Swabia
  • Adela Zamudio (1854-1928), Bolivian teacher and artist
Adléta Adela and Irmina Adela of Normandy Adèle of Champagne Adela of France, Countess of Flanders Adelaide of Vohburg
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