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Adela Gender Female Word/name Germanic Meaning noble, serene Related names Adalia,
Adelaide ,
Adele , Adelheid, Adelia, Adélie,
Adelina ,
Adeline , Adelle,
Zélie ,
Adel
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Adela is a female given name meaning 'noble' or 'serene'.
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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
Modern world
Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe
Adela Coit (1863–1932), German women's suffragist
Adela Cortina (born 1947), Spanish philosopher
Adela Garcia (born 1971), Dominican IFBB Pro Fitness competitor
Adela Helić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball 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
Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist
Adela Peña , American violinist
Adela Popescu (born 1986), Romanian actress and singer
Adela Raz (born 1986), Afghan politician
Adela Sequeyro (1901–1992), Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter
Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
Adela Świątek (1945–2019), Polish mathematician
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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