Adel

Where Adel comes from

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adel
  • Germanic
  • Arabic
Adel through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1940
    Adel Emam born
    Egyptian actor
  3. 1989
    Adel Taarabt born
    Moroccan footballer
  4. 1992
    Peak, #2,174
    35 babies named Adel, its best rank.
  5. 2025
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adele.
  • An unincorporated community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States.
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Adel Taarabt · Moroccan footballer, born 1989
  • Adel Emam · Egyptian actor, born 1940
  • Adel Chedli · Tunisian and French association football player, born 1976
  • Adel Safar · 64th Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic, born 1953
  • Adel al-Jubeir · Saudi diplomat and minister of foreign affairs, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.