Adolph

English

Alternative forms

• Adolf

Etymology

Variant spelling of Adolf.

Pronunciation

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, /ˈæ.dɔlf/, /-dɑlf/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈæ.dɒlf/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Adolph (plural Adolphs)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 2020 November 19, Richard Weintraub, “Trump's use of 'Newspeak' to explain away virus puts Americans at risk | For What It's Worth”, in Pocono Record‎^[1]:

     It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany.

2. A surname.

Usage notes

• Very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.

Related terms

• Adolphson
• Adolphus

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: أَدُولْف m (ʔadūlf)
• Armenian: Ադոլֆ (Adolf)
• Basque: Adolba
• Bulgarian: А́долф m (Ádolf)
• Catalan: Adolf (ca)
• Czech: Adolf (cs)
• Danish: Adolf
• Dutch: Adolf (nl)
• Esperanto: Adolfo
• Finnish: Aatu (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Dofe
• French: Adolphe (fr)
• Galician: Adolfo (gl) m
• German: Adolf (de)
• Greek: Αδόλφος (el) (Adólfos)
• Hebrew: אדולף m
• Icelandic: Adolf (is) m
• Italian: Adolfo (it)
• Latin: Adolphus
• Latvian: Ādolfs m
• Lithuanian: Adolfas
• Norwegian: Adolf (no)
• Old English: Æþelwulf
• Pashto: اډولف
• Persian: آدولف (âdolf)
• Portuguese: Adolfo (pt) m
• Russian: Адо́льф (ru) m (Adólʹf)
• Serbo-Croatian: Адолф m (Adolf)
• Spanish: Adolfo (es)
• Swedish: Adolf (sv)
• Udmurt: Одольф (Odoľf)
• Vietnamese: A-đôn-phơ
• Yiddish: אַדאָלף m (Adolf)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “Adolph”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Opdahl, pholad

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Adolph

1. a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adolf