Adel (given name)
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Gender | Masculine |
Language(s) | West Germanic (mainly Anglo-Frisian), North Germanic, Afroasiatic language families |
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Alternative spelling | Adell, Ædel |
Variant form(s) | Edel, Adil, Adeel |
Pet form(s) | Addy, Al |
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Adel[lower-alpha 1] (English pronunciation: i/əˈdɛl/) is a Germanic monothematic given name meaning noble or nobility. It is also found as a surname, sometimes with a prefix—such as den Adel or van Adel. It is the root of the names Adolf, Albert, Alice, and their variants in other languages.
It is most prevalent in West[1][2] and North Germanic-speaking countries,[3] North Africa, and, to a lesser extent, various parts of Western Europe.
It is commonly used in Nordic countries as a short form for Adolf,[3][lower-alpha 2] and in Muslim countries as an alternative transliteration of the name Adil (Arabic: عادل or عديل, pronounced [ʕaːdɪl]). It is sometimes used by Coptic Christians throughout the Middle East.
Its main feminine variant is Adele.[4]
Origins
Derived from the Old English word æthel,[1] meaning noble—and by extension the Proto-Germanic word aþalaz, meaning nobility, the name itself is used throughout most of Germanic-speaking Europe as the word for nobility.[1][5][6]
Other possible origins include:
- the Ancient Greek word αδηλ,[7] meaning concealed and not apparent, a combination of the privative α prefix and the word δηλως[8]—meaning visible and evident—or Δήλος[4]—Delos, Aegan island and birthplace of Artemis and Apollo.
- the Arabic word عدل, meaning fairness and justice.
- a latinisation of the Biblical Hebrew name עֲדִינָא, meaning slender and delicate.
Popularity
The name was most popular in the United States in 2007.[9]
Variations of the name
In other languages
- Arabic: عادل (Adel, Adil)
- Chinese: 阿德尔 (Adel)
- Hebrew: אדל (Adell, Edel)
- Hungarian: Adél
- Japanese: アデル (Adel, Adele)
- Korean: 아델 (Adel)
- Old English: Ethel
- Old High German: Aldo[10]
- Yiddish: אדל (Edel)
Feminine forms
People
Adel and its variants may refer to a number of notable people:
Frisian royalty
- Adel I Friso of Friesland (died c. 245 BC), King of Friesland[2]
- Adel II Atharik of Friesland (died c. 151 BC), King of Friesland[2]
- Adel III Ubbo of Friesland (died c. 71 BC), King of Friesland[2]
- Adel IV Asega Askar of Friesland (died c. 11), King of Friesland[2]
Egyptian royalty
- Al-Adil I of Egypt (1145–1218), 4th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus
- Al-Adil II of Egypt (c. 1221–1248), 6th Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and Damascus
- Al-Adil Kitbugha of Egypt (died 1297), 10th Mamluk Sultan of Egypt and Syria
Iranian royalty
- Adel Shah Afshar (died 1749), 2nd Afsharid Shah of Iran
Politics
- Adel Fakeih (born 1959), Saudi Arabian engineer and politician
- Adel Al-Jubeir (born 1962), Saudi politician
- Adel Labib, Egyptian politician
- Adel Mouwda, Bahraini politician
- Adel Murad (born 1949), Iraqi politician
- Adel Osseiran (1905−1998), Lebanese politician
- Adel Al-Saraawi (born 1962), Kuwaiti politician
- Adil Çarçani (1922–1997), Albanian politician
- Adil Nurmemet (born 1968), former Chinese politician
- Adil Shayakhmetov (born 1956), Kazakhstani politician
- Adil Zulfikarpašić (1921–2008), Bosniak politician and intellectual
Corporate
- Adel Batterjee, Saudi businessman
- Adel Chaveleh, American businessman
Science
- Adel Farhan Halasa (born 1933), American scientist
- Adel Sedra (born 1943), Egyptian Canadian electrical engineer
Cinema
- Adel Bencherif (born 1975), French actor
- Adel Imam (born 1940), Egyptian actor
- Adil Khan (born 1983), Norwegian actor
Literature
- Adel Daher (born 1939), American philosopher and writer
- Adel Iskandar Farag (born 1977), British academic
- Adel Karasholi (born 1936), German writer
- Adel Theodore Khoury (born 1930), German Lebanese Catholic theologian
- Adel Manna (born 1947), Israeli historian
- Adil Asadov (born 1958), Azerbaijani philosopher
Journalism
- Adel Alexander Darwish (born 1954), British journalist
- Adel Ferdosipour (born 1974), Iranian journalist
- Adel Al Toraifi (born 1979), Saudi journalist
- Adel Hammouda (born 1968), Egyptian journalist
Art
- Adel Abdessemed (born 1971), French Algerian conceptual artist
- Adel Kamel (1942–2003), Egyptian musicologist
- Adel Nassief (born 1962), Egyptian painter
- Adel Tawil (born 1978), German singer
- Adel Souto (born 1969), American musician
- Adil Doğançay (1900−1990), Turkish painter
- Adil Omar (born 1991), Pakistani rapper and singer-songwriter
Sport
- Adel Abdulaziz (born 1980), Emirati footballer
- Adel Abdullah (born 1984), Syrian footballer
- Adel Amrouche (born 1968), Algerian football manager
- Adel Chedli (born 1976), Tunisian footballer
- Adel Eid (born 1984), Egyptian-Finnish footballer
- Adel Fellous (born 1978), French rugby league player
- Adel Giniiatov (born 1996), Russian water polo player
- Adel Guemari (born 1984), French footballer
- Adel El Hadi (born 1980), Algerian footballer
- Adel Humoud (born 1986), Kuwaiti footballer
- Adel Kolahkaj (born 1985), Iranian footballer
- Adel Lakhdari (born 1989), Algerian footballer
- Adel Lami (born 1985), Qatari footballer
- Adel Maïza (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- Adel Massaad (born 1964), Egyptian table tennis player
- Adel Messali (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- Adel Nefzi (born 1974), Tunisian footballer
- Adel Sellimi (born 1972), Tunisian footballer
- Adel Taarabt (born 1989), Moroccan footballer
- Adel Tlatli, Tunisian basketball coach
- Adil Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Adil Basher (1926–1978), Iraqi footballer
- Adil Belgaïd (born 1970), Moroccan judoka
- Adil Chihi (born 1988), Moroccan footballer
- Adil Ibragimov (born 1989), Russian footballer
- Adil Ramzi (born 1977), Moroccan footballer
- Adil Rashid (born 1988), English cricketer
Fictional characters
- Adell (アデル), a major character in the video game Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories
- Adel Frost (아델 프로스트), a minor character in the now-discontinued two-dimensional side-scrolling MMORPG Grand Chase
- Adel, a minor character in the video game Final Fantasy VIII
- Âdel, a character in Pleasure and Suffering
- Adel, a character in Winter of Discontent
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 Wells, Evelyn (1946). A Treasury of Names. Duell, Sloan and Pearce. pp. 167–168. ISBN 9780385001830. OCLC 1400921.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Martinus, Hamconius (1609). Frisia, seu, de viris rebusque Frisiae illustribus. Monasterii Westphal. ISBN 9781166365998. OCLC 730442.
- 1 2 Otterbjörk, Roland (1979). Svenska förnamn: kortfattat namnlexikon. Almquist & Wiksell. ISBN 9789121109373. OCLC 258437884.
- 1 2 Eseverri Hualde, Crisostomo (1979). Diccionario etimológico de helenismos españoles. Aldecoa, SL. p. 687. ISBN 9788470090721. OCLC 431915107.
- ↑ Campe, Joachim Heinrich (1807). Wörterbuch der Deutschen Sprache. Schulbuchhandlung. ISBN 9783487024691. OCLC 3497871.
- ↑ De Vries, Jan; De Tollenaere, Felicien (1963). Nederlands Etymologisch Woordenboek. Brill Publishers. ISBN 9789004083929. OCLC 1073712.
- ↑ Larousse, Pierre (1864). Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle. Tome 1. Larousse & Boyer. p. 88. ISBN 9782869711938. OCLC 489966495.
- ↑ "Adel-". Merriam-Webster: Dictionary and Thesaurus. Merriam-Webster, Inc. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ "Adel". Whitepages.com. Whitepages, Inc. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
- ↑ Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm; Jellinghaus, Hermann; Seelmann, Emil Paul (1900). Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, P. Hanstein. ISBN 9781270754695. OCLC 6433213.
- ↑ Kruken, Kristoffe; Stemshaug, Ola (2013). Norsk personnamnleksikon. Det Norske Samlaget. ISBN 9788252173680. OCLC 857408033.
See also
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