Adela
[əˈdeɪlə]Meaning
short form of Old German names beginning with adal, meaning "noble"
Background Story
Adela began as a short form of names formed with the Old German element adal, meaning "noble", and is the Latinate form of Adele. It is a female given name used in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Norwegian. In Ethiopia it is a male name meaning "favours", and it is also used as a female name in Arabic.
Variations
Adele, Adelaide
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Allie
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Alline
A given name recorded in English, feminine
Ameli
Armenian form of Amélie.
Abbie
English diminutive of Abigail
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A surname; also a form of the name Abel, from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל
Ada
Short form of Germanic names beginning with adal, "noble"; also Turkish "island" and a Hebrew form of Adah