# Adelard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adelard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 488 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 488 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Medieval Latin Adelardus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 6 | 3,704 |
| 1929 | 14 | 2,097 |
| 1930 | 15 | 1,964 |
| 1931 | 5 | 3,766 |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,466 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,270 |
| 1934 | 9 | 2,566 |
| 1936 | 9 | 2,453 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,522 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,481 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,481 |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,873 |
| 1942 | 6 | 3,216 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,432 |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,735 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Adelard
- Dutch: Adelard
- French: Adélard
- German: Adelard
- Italian: Adelardo
- Latin: Adelardus
- Portuguese: Adelardo
- Russian: Аделард
- Spanish: Adelardo

## People named Adelard

- Adelard of Bath, 12th-century English natural philosopher
- Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (1892-1956)
- Adelard of Spoleto, Duke of Spoleto
- Adalard of Corbie, Carolingian saint
- Mayanga Maku, DR Congolese footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.