Adolf Forename
4,773rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 219,176 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria
Adolf Forename Definition:
ADOLPH, m. The Anglicized forms of Adolphus, or, from another angle, the German forms of Athaulf (Swan). See Adolphus.
Adolf Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 138,965 | 1:696 | 180 |
| Austria | 100% | 21,438 | 1:397 | 106 |
| Uganda | 99% | 7,976 | 1:5,135 | 613 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 7,416 | 1:7,118 | 1,049 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 4,658 | 1:1,763 | 360 |
| Ghana | 100% | 4,326 | 1:6,238 | 726 |
| South Africa | 99% | 3,041 | 1:17,932 | 2,588 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 2,964 | 1:15,351 | 303 |
| United States | 100% | 2,952 | 1:122,811 | 5,115 |
| Czechia | 96% | 2,793 | 1:3,815 | 299 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,507 | 1:8,620 | 1,097 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,264 | 1:113,942 | 12,517 |
| Russia | 97% | 1,428 | 1:101,004 | 1,918 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,287 | 1:8,928 | 1,017 |
| Togo | - | 1,154 | 1:6,273 | 988 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1,027 | 1:5,170 | 320 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 998 | 1:8,169 | 837 |
| Canada | 100% | 926 | 1:35,781 | 2,679 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 861 | 1:2,856 | 448 |
| Italy | 100% | 817 | 1:74,739 | 1,632 |
| Poland | 90% | 707 | 1:53,787 | 1,425 |
| Israel | 96% | 700 | 1:12,004 | 1,398 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 612 | 1:25,202 | 2,646 |
| Philippines | 98% | 530 | 1:200,018 | 8,907 |
| Namibia | - | 453 | 1:5,307 | 767 |
| Brazil | 100% | 442 | 1:484,697 | 16,088 |
| Croatia | 100% | 402 | 1:10,490 | 808 |
| Hungary | 100% | 354 | 1:27,660 | 455 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 329 | 1:224,400 | 9,598 |
| India | 100% | 314 | 1:3,869,038 | 161,482 |
| Sweden | 100% | 298 | 1:33,080 | 1,992 |
| Malawi | 100% | 275 | 1:62,227 | 3,900 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 251 | 1:707,428 | 19,816 |
| Norway | 100% | 240 | 1:21,385 | 1,254 |
| Spain | 100% | 232 | 1:200,560 | 4,071 |
| Tajikistan | 80% | 229 | 1:36,572 | 1,927 |
| Romania | 100% | 228 | 1:87,947 | 4,049 |
| Egypt | 100% | 217 | 1:423,507 | 12,330 |
| Denmark | - | 175 | 1:32,283 | 1,491 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 148 | 1:70,482 | 4,180 |
| England | 100% | 148 | 1:375,695 | 8,823 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 131 | 1:26,904 | 1,855 |
| Zambia | - | 118 | 1:134,363 | 5,563 |
| Australia | - | 116 | 1:117,738 | 3,942 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 92 | 1:78,661 | 2,276 |
| Botswana | 100% | 84 | 1:26,005 | 2,957 |
| Albania | 100% | 80 | 1:38,082 | 3,866 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 80 | 1:211,276 | 7,784 |
| Aruba | - | 63 | 1:1,647 | 343 |
| Belarus | 97% | 63 | 1:150,514 | 1,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 97% | 60 | 1:295,781 | 5,550 |
| Iceland | 100% | 55 | 1:6,655 | 721 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 54 | 1:110,616 | 7,047 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 51 | 1:742 | 168 |
| New Zealand | - | 50 | 1:90,721 | 4,056 |
| Serbia | 100% | 50 | 1:142,914 | 3,158 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Kenya | - | 48 | 1:964,731 | 18,806 |
| Estonia | 100% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 41 | 1:71,997 | 1,311 |
| Finland | 100% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Chile | 100% | 34 | 1:517,859 | 6,206 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 30 | 1:321,431 | 8,149 |
| France | 100% | 30 | 1:2,215,678 | 12,524 |
| Moldova | 100% | 29 | 1:122,798 | 1,383 |
| Greenland | - | 27 | 1:2,088 | 367 |
| Armenia | 100% | 26 | 1:112,260 | 2,700 |
| Peru | 100% | 26 | 1:1,222,748 | 15,121 |
| Liberia | 100% | 25 | 1:176,482 | 6,494 |
| Andorra | - | 24 | 1:3,454 | 352 |
| Mexico | 100% | 23 | 1:5,397,584 | 20,990 |
| Thailand | 100% | 22 | 1:3,184,810 | 72,608 |
| China | - | 21 | 1:65,050,275 | 63,020 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 18 | 1:1,691,663 | 51,518 |
| Greece | 100% | 16 | 1:683,409 | 7,898 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Latvia | - | 13 | 1:155,050 | 2,346 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 13 | 1:43,388 | 1,811 |
| Argentina | 83% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Guam | - | 10 | 1:16,065 | 1,791 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 9 | 1:3,423,618 | 14,711 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6 | 1:891,728 | 9,103 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Benin | 100% | 4 | 1:2,643,961 | 45,199 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4 | 1:158,644 | 3,180 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkey | 100% | 4 | 1:19,450,427 | 45,600 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Georgia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,246,155 | 15,822 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 3 | 1:158,546 | 1,411 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:159,066 | 2,607 |
| Pakistan | - | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Congo | 100% | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
The alternate forms: Adólf (1) are calculated separately.
Adolf (15,104) may also be a surname.
Adolf Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
ADOLPH, m. The Anglicized forms of Adolphus, or, from another angle, the German forms of Athaulf (Swan). See Adolphus.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Fortunate noble.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Adolf Forename Popularity
Adolf Demographics
Adolf Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 8 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adólf | 93 | 1 | / |
| Adolfs | 91 | 1,704 | / |
| Adolfe | 91 | 336 | / |
| Adolff | 91 | 30 | / |
| Adolfh | 91 | 20 | / |
| Aidolf | 91 | 10 | / |
| Aadolf | 91 | 6 | / |
| Adollf | 91 | 6 | / |
| Hadolf | 91 | 6 | / |
| Addolf | 91 | 6 | / |
| Adoulf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Adholf | 91 | 3 | / |
| Adolft | 91 | 3 | / |
| Adolpf | 91 | 2 | / |
| Adoolf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Audolf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Adolhf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ahdolf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Asdolf | 91 | 1 | / |
| Adolfhe | 83 | 22 | / |
| Adolfph | 83 | 2 | / |
| Adeolfo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Adoalfo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hadolff | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaydolf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Adulf | 80 | 251 | / |
| Edolf | 80 | 29 | / |
| Adalf | 80 | 20 | / |
| Odolf | 80 | 12 | / |
| Adolv | 80 | 5 | / |
| Adoulffe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Adolph | 73 | 47,299 | / |
| Hadulf | 73 | 12 | / |
| Adalfe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Aidalf | 73 | 7 | / |
| Adulfe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Odolfe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Eudolf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Adhulf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adalft | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eidolf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Edolfh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adhelf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adolwh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Adolphe | 67 | 135,524 | / |
| Adholph | 67 | 21 | / |
| Adolphs | 67 | 7 | / |
| Heidolf | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adolphh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Adoulph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Adollph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Addolph | 67 | 3 | / |
| Audolph | 67 | 2 | / |
| Adolphp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adoilph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Adlifah | 67 | 1 | / |
Adolf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adolf in the Russian language | ||
| Адольф | adolf | - |
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