Adolf
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Adolf, or Adolph, was a popular Christian name, especially in the German-speaking countries and in Scandinavia, but is rarely given today because of the association with Adolf Hitler. It derived from the Old High German Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf, meaning wolf; in sequence, making Adolf another portmanteau. Confer Rudolf.
Some other bearers include:
- Adolf Albin, Romanian chess player
- Adolf Anderssen, German chess player
- Adolf Appellöf, Swedish zoologist
- Adolf Bastian, German anthropologist
- Wilhelm Adolf Becker, German archeologist
- Adolf Born, Czech artist and film-maker
- Adolf Brand, German journaist and gay-rights campaigner
- Emil Adolf von Behring, German doctor and Nobel laureate
- Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist
- Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer
- Adolf Butenandt, German biochemist and Nobel laureate
- Adolf Cluss, German-American architect
- Adolf Daens, Belgian theologian
- Adolf Dassler, founder of the Adidas sportwear company
- Adolf Deucher, Swiss politician
- Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch, German biologist
- Adolf Dymsza, Polish comedy actor
- Adolf Ehrnrooth, Finnish general
- Adolf Eichmann, German, high-ranking Nazi
- Adolf Etolin, Finnish explorer
- Adolf Eugen Fick, German inventor of the contact lens
- Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician
- Adolf Galland, German fighter pilot
- Adolf Glassbrenner, German humourist
- Gottlieb Christoph Adolf von Harless, German theologian
- Adolf Harnack, German theologian
- Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer
- Adolf Bernhard Christoph Hilgenfeld, German theologian
- Adolf von Henselt, German composer
- Adolf Hurwitz, German mathematician
- Adolf Kneser, German mathematician
- Hans Adolf Krebs, German biochemist
- Adolf Lande, drug-control official
- Adolf Lindenbaum, Polish mathematician
- Adolf Loos, Austrian architect
- Adolf Lu Hitler Marak, Indian politician
- Adolph Marx, Marx brother who later changed his name to Arthur
- Adolf Meyer, Swiss-American psychiatrist
- Adolf Meyer, architect
- Amandus Gottfried Adolf Mullner, German critic and poet
- Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer
- Adolf Oberländer, German characturist
- Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician
- Adolf Overweg, German scientist
- Adolf Reinach, German phenomenologist
- Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Swedish politician
- Justus Ludwig Adolf Roth, German geologist
- Adolf Friedrich von Schack, German poet
- Adolf Schärf, Austrian politican, President of Austria
- Adolf Schlagintweit, German explorer
- Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer
- Wilhelm Adolf Schmidt, German historian
- Adolf Schreyer, German painter
- Adolf von Sonnenthal, Austrian actor
- Adolf Stieler, German cartographer
- Adolf Stoecker, German theologian
- Adolfo Suárez, Spanish prime minister
- Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg, German philosopher
- Adolf Tolkachev, Soviet engineer and CIA spy
- Adolf Wilbrandt, German novelist
- Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist
- Adolf Wölfli, Swiss artist
- Adolf Ziegler, German art professor and Nazi official
- Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, German general
- Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian/German chemist
- Adolph Kolping, german catholic priest
The name Adolf was also part of the names of several monarchs and noblemen:
- Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg, Holy Roman Emperor
- Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, King of Sweden
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, King of Sweden
- Adolf Frederick of Sweden, King of Sweden
- Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Prince of Sweden
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- Adolf VIII, Duke of southern Jutland
- Adolf of Altena, Archbishop of Cologne
- Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
It can also refer to:
- Adolf, a manga
- Adolf Gun, a World War II artillery piece
- Adolf Fredriks kyrka, a church in Stockholm, Sweden
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