English translation/equivalent: Adele

Origin: Derived from the German Adelheid, composed of athala "nobility" and heid "quality," meaning "from noble ways."

Name Day/Onomastico: December 24—in memory of St. Adele, daughter of Dagoberto II, died in 734.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: Adelaide, Adelia

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