Adolfo

Where Adolfo comes from

Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adolfo
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #754 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1914
    Adolfo Bioy Casares born
    Argentine novelist
  3. 1931
    Adolfo Pérez Esquivel born
    Argentine activist, architect and sculptor
  4. 2003
    Peak, #488
    505 babies named Adolfo — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #883.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph.
Namesakes
  • Adolfo Pérez Esquivel · Argentine activist, architect and sculptor, born 1931
  • Adolfo Bioy Casares · Argentine novelist, 1914–1999
  • Adolfo López Mateos · 55th President of Mexico, 1910–1969
  • Adolfo Rodríguez Saá · President of Argentina in 2001, born 1947
  • Adolfo de la Huerta · President of Mexico, 1881–1955

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.