Adolf

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese

Origin and Meaning

1) German short form of the Old High German name Adalwolf (older Athalwolf and Athulf), combination of ADAL and ULF [1] [2] [3] [4]

2) German variant form of the Old High German name Attaulf, combination of ATH and ULF [4]

Related Names

     
Aadolf ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aadolfiia ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aadolfiina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatohviina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatoli ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatolppi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatoltti ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatolva ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatolvi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatolviina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Aatovi ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Adel ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Ádo ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Adolf ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Faroese Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Adolfe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Ádolfe ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Sami
Adolfina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish Swedish
Adolfine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Norwegian
Adolph ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Adolphine ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Adolphus ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today
Alef ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Aleph ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Swedish
Alfiina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Alviina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Atofiina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Atohviina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Viina ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Viinu ♀ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Alf and Dolf

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

26 September

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

23 June

Sweden Sweden

23 June

Grammar

Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Adolf
Accusative: Adolf
Dative: Adolfi
Genitive: Adolfs

Further Information

Namesakes

Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden (1594-1632)
Adolf Fredrik, king of Sweden (1710–1771)
Gustav IV Adolf (sometimes Adolph), king of Sweden (1778-1837)
Adolf Gotthard Noreen, Swedish linguist (1854-1925)
Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf, king of Sweden (1882–1973)

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1594 [3]

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m3.png 0 1 280 3414
Denmark Denmark[6] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 138 n.a
Norway Norway[7] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 69 168
Finland Finland[8] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 7115
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 



Norwegian historic statistics trend[7]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Adolf(m)


Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
  3. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  4. ↑ Dr. Ernst Förstemann: Altdeutsches namenbuch (1856)
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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