# Adolph (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adolph/  
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 | /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Adolf, Adolphus |
| US babies named this | 18,765 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 18,745 / 20 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Adolf.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 8 | 3,346 |
| 1921 | 5 | 5,107 |
| 1930 | 7 | 3,660 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | 9,130 |
| 2006 | 11 | 6,911 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,629 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9,885 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,526 |
| 2010 | 7 | 9,712 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8,777 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,672 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,795 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,686 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,804 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,177 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,630 |
| 2022 | 8 | 9,002 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,279 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَدُولْف
- Armenian: Ադոլֆ
- Bulgarian: А́долф
- Catalan: Adolf
- Czech: Adolf
- Danish: Adolf
- Dutch: Adolf
- Esperanto: Adolfo
- Finnish: Aatu
- French: Adolphe
- German: Adolf
- Greek: Αδόλφος
- Hebrew: אדולף
- Icelandic: Adolf
- Italian: Adolfo
- Latin: Adolphus
- Latvian: Ādolfs
- Lithuanian: Adolfas
- Norwegian: Adolf
- Portuguese: Adolfo

## People named Adolph

- Adolph von Menzel, German artist (1815–1905)
- Adolph Diesterweg, German educator and philosopher (1790–1866)
- Adolph Wagner, German economist (1835-1917)
- Adolph Frank, German chemist (1834-1916)
- Adolph Kiefer, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, businessman, chief executive officer (1918–2017)
- Adolph Kolping, German catholic priest (1813-1865)
- Adolph Gottlieb, American artist (1903-1974)
- Adolph Strecker, German chemist (1822–1871)
- Adolph Caesar, American actor (1933–1986)
- Adolph Deutsch, British-American composer, conductor and arranger
- Hans Adolph Brorson, Danish bishop (1694-1764)
- Adolph van der Voort van Zijp, Dutch equestrian (1892-1978)

## 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.