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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Adel

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a short form of any of a number of personal names beginning with Old High German adal ‘noble’. Compare Edel.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Adel ‘nobility’.
  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic ādil ‘just’, ‘legally competent (as a witness)’.

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