Adela (given name)

Adela (also spelled Adéla or Adella) is a female given name, the latinate form of Adele, meaning 'noble' or 'serene'. Adela is a male name in Ethiopia, meaning 'favours', and a female name in Arabic (عدله).

Notable people named Adela include:

Saints

• Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel
• Adela of France (1009–1079), saint, Duchess of Normandy, and Countess of Flanders
• Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), saint, daughter of William I of England
• Adela, mother of Saint Trudo

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
• Adela of Ponthieu (c. 1110 – 1174), Countess of Surrey
• Adela de Warenne (born c. 1170), Anglo-Angevin noblewoman

Modern world

• Adéla (singer) (born 2003), Slovak singer-songwriter and dancer
• Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe
• Adela Adamova (born 1927), Argentine ballet dancer
• Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937), American politician and suffragist
• Adéla Bruns (born 1987), Czech sports shooter
• Adéla Cernousek (born 2003), French golfer
• Adela Coit (1863–1932), German women's suffragist
• Adella Colvin, American yarn dyer
• Adela Cortina (born 1947), Spanish philosopher
• Adela Garcia (born 1971), Dominican IFBB Pro Fitness competitor
• Adéla Hanzlíčková (born 1994), Czech freestyle wrestler
• Adela Helić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
• Adéla Holubová (born 2002), Czech mountain biker
• Adella Hunt Logan (1863–1915), American writer, educator and suffragist
• Adéla Lehovcová (born 1991), Czech field hockey player
• Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist
• Adela JuÅ¡ić (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
• Adéla Matasová (born 1940), Czech sculptor
• Adéla Odehnalová (born 1990), Czech former football defender
• Adella Kean Zametkin (1863–1931), American writer and activist
• Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist
• Adella M. Parker (1870–1956), American suffragist and politician
• Adela Peña, American violinist
• Adéla Pivoňková, Czech former football midfielder
• Adela Popescu (born 1986), Romanian actress and singer
• Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist and impresario
• Adela Raz (born 1986), Afghan politician
• Adéla Å apovalivová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey player
• Adela Sequeyro (1901–1992), Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter'
• Adéla Å krdlová (born 2001), Czech ice hockey player
• Adéla Stříšková (born 2000), Czech handball player
• Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
• Adela Świątek (1945–2019), Polish mathematician
• Adella Turner (1856–1938), American activist
• 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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