Adela (name)

Adela is a female given name meaning noble or serene.^[1]

Adela is also a male name in Ethiopia. It means favours.

Famous persons

• Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), daughter of William I of England and sister of Henry I of England
• Adela of France, Countess of Flanders (1009–1063)
• Adela of France, Countess of Nevers (c. 1003–1063) or Hedwig or Advisa
• Adela of Meissen (died 1181), Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark
• Adela of Pfalzel (660- ca.735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel
• Adela Cortina, Spanish philosopher
• Adela Garcia (born 1971), IFBB Pro Fitness competitor
• Adela Micha, Mexican journalist
• Adela Navarro Bello, Mexican journalist
• Adela Noriega (born 1969), Mexican actress
• Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist
• Adela Peña, American violinist
• Adela Popescu (born 1988), Romanian actress and singer
• Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter.
• Adela Sequeyro
• Adela Verne, English pianist
• Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist
• Adella Wotherspoon (1903–2004), youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster
• Adela bint Abdulla Al-Saud daughter of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and women's rights activist
• Adela Papiez (born 2001), Polish soccer player
• Adela Ostrolúcka (1824-1853), daughter of the royal judge in Habsburgh monarchy, muse of Slovak poet, grammarian and codifier of Slovak grammar Ľudovít Štúr
• Adela Vinczeová (born 1980), Slovak television presenter

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