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Adela| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Germanic |
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| Meaning | noble, serene |
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| Related names | Adalia, Adelaide, Adele, Adelheid, Adelia, Adélie, Adelina, Adeline, Adelle, Zélie, Adel |
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Adela (also spelled Adéla or Adella) is a female given name, the latinate form of Adele, meaning 'noble' or 'serene'.[2][1][3]
Adela is also a male name in Ethiopia, which means 'favours'. It is also a feminine name in Arabic (عدله).
Notable people named Adela include:
Saints
Pre-modern world
- Adela of Champagne (c. 1140–1206), Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis VII, later regent for her son
- Adela of Flanders (c. 1064–1115), Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess of Apulia
- Adela of France (1009–1063), Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Flanders
- Adela of Hamaland (952–after 1021), sovereign Countess of Hamaland in the Netherlands
- Adela of Meissen (died 1181), Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark
- Adela of Milan (c. 975–after 1012), Margravine of Milan by marriage
- Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), daughter of William I of England and sister of Henry I of England
- Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel
- Adela of Ponthieu (c. 1110 – 1174), Countess of Surrey
Modern world
- Adéla (singer) (born 2003), Slovak singer-songwriter and dancer
- Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe
- Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937), American politician and suffragist
- Adéla Bruns (born 1987), Czech sports shooter
- Adéla Cernousek (born 2003), French golfer
- Adela Coit (1863–1932), German women's suffragist
- Adella Colvin, American yarn dyer
- Adela Cortina (born 1947), Spanish philosopher
- Adela Garcia (born 1971), Dominican IFBB Pro Fitness competitor
- Adéla Hanzlíčková (born 1994), Czech freestyle wrestler
- Adela Helić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
- Adéla Holubová (born 2002), Czech mountain biker
- Adella Hunt Logan (1863–1915), American writer, educator and suffragist
- Adéla Lehovcová (born 1991), Czech field hockey player
- Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist
- Adela Jušić (born 1982), visual artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Adela Micha (born 1963), Mexican journalist
- Adela Milčinović (1878–1968), Croatian feminist author, critic and suffragette
- Adela Navarro Bello (born 1968), Mexican journalist
- Adela Neffa (1922–2019), Uruguayan-born Argentine sculptor
- Adela Noriega (born 1969), Mexican actress
- Adéla Matasová (born 1940), Czech sculptor
- Adéla Odehnalová (born 1990), Czech former football defender
- Adella Kean Zametkin (1863–1931), American writer and activist
- Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist
- Adella M. Parker (1870–1956), American suffragist and politician
- Adela Peña, American violinist
- Adéla Pivoňková, Czech former football midfielder
- Adela Popescu (born 1986), Romanian actress and singer
- Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist and impresario
- Adela Raz (born 1986), Afghan politician
- Adéla Šapovalivová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey player
- Adela Sequeyro (1901–1992), Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter'
- Adéla Škrdlová (born 2001), Czech ice hockey player
- Adéla Stříšková (born 2000), Czech handball player
- Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
- Adela Świątek (1945–2019), Polish mathematician
- Adella Turner (1856–1938), American activist
- Adela Verne (1877–1952), English pianist
- Adela Vinczeová (born 1980), Slovak television presenter
- Adella Wotherspoon (1903–2004), American, youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster
- Adela Xenopol (1861–1939), Romanian feminist and writer
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