# Adolphus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adolphus/  
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 | 4,109 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,109 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 | 5,845 |
| 1999 | 11 | 5,659 |
| 2000 | 10 | 6,322 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,673 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7,851 |
| 2004 | 11 | 6,529 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,131 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,687 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,177 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,810 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,749 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,687 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8,842 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,393 |

## People named Adolphus

- Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, British Army general (1868-1927)
- Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686-1752)
- Adolphus Greely, American army officer and polar explorer (1844–1935)
- Adolphus Warburton Moore, British climber (1841–1887)
- Adolphus William Ward, British historian (1837-1924)
- Adolphus Busch I, American businessman (1839-1913)
- Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, British naval officer (1802-1856); seventh child and fourth illegitimate son of William IV
- H. L. A. Hart, English legal philosopher (1907–1992)
- John Vernon, Canadian actor (1932–2005)
- Duke Adolf Friedrich II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, first Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658-1708)
- Adolf Daens, Belgian priest (1839–1907)

## 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.