Adolf

Where Adolf comes from

From Old High German adal (“noble”) + wulf (“wolf”). Doublet of Ethelwolf from Old English Æþelwulf.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adolf
  • Germanic
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1889
    Adolf Hitler born
    Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945
  3. 1891
    Peak, #597
    10 babies named Adolf — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,066.
  5. 1906
    Adolf Eichmann born
    German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Adolph.
Namesakes
  • Adolf Hitler · Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, 1889–1945
  • Adolf Eichmann · German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust, 1906–1962
  • Adolf Butenandt · German biochemist, 1903–1995
  • Adolf Windaus · German chemist, 1876–1959
  • Adolf Loos · Austrian and Czech architect and art collector, 1870–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.