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adolf Name Meaning and History

German, Dutch, and Scandinavian: from the Germanic personal name Atha-ulf, which was widely adopted in other languages throughout central Europe; it is composed of the Old High German elements ad- (as in adal ‘noble’) + (w)ulf ‘wolf’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The adolf name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the adolf family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of adolf Families in the US in 1920
Number of adolf families
 14-25
 5-13
 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 12 - Messages: 48
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Adolph-Berbach Y-DNA Project Marty Berbach 2
Seeking Adolf/Adolph From Baden, Germany David Adolph 2
Adolf, Cody, Neuberger, Wiedrich Surnames Amanda Adolf 0
obit fyi: Philip W. Adolf. 1924-2006. (Wife's nee, Lapp.) MargaretBumgarner 0
obit fyi: Philip W. Adolf. 1924-2006 MargaretBumgarner 0
Adolf from Alsace to Buffalo, NY from 1846 to present Susan Adolf Muench 4
Adolf, Adolph, Afolff, Alsace to Buffalo 1846 info. Susan Adolf Muench 4
ADOLF Belinda Forgy 23
Adolf/Mann Tamar M. Adolf 1
Adolf, Christian goodgardengal 0
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