ADAL

Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element which can be difficult to tell apart from ODAL and ATH

Proto-Norse

*aðala- = 'noble'
*aþala- = 'noble'

Old Norse

aðal = 'noble'
aðal = 'yard', 'inheritance', 'property'
aðal = 'kind', 'nature'
aðal- = 'main-, real, first'

Old Saxon

athali = 'noble'
athal = 'nobility'
ađali = 'noble'
eđeli = 'noble'
aðal- = 'noble'

Anglo-Saxon

aethel = 'noble'
aethelu = 'noble'

Old High German

adal = 'noble'

Old English

æthel = 'noble'
æðel = 'noble'

Old Frisian

ethel- = 'noble'

Frisian

edel = 'noble'
ethel = 'noble'
othel = 'noble'

Related Names

See Abela, Ada, Ade, Adde, Adela, Adelitza, Adiko, Aleka, Alla, Amma, Assa, Ate, Atti, *Aþa, Ebbo, Ede, Edela, Elke, Ella, Ethel, Olkje

See also Abba, Abbo, Aðalmærki, Aðill

Combinations

Name Element	Example
ALF	see Adalf (Norse)
BALD	see Athalbald (German)
BJÖRN	see Aðalbjörn (Norse) and Adalbero (German)
BJÖRT	see Aðalbjört (Norse) and Adalberaht (German) and Æþelbeorht (English)
BORG	see Adalburg (German) and Ethelburga (English)
BRAND	see Adalbrand (German)
DIS	see Aðaldís
DRIF	see Aldríf
FAST	see Alfastr (Norse)
FRID	see Athalfrid (German)
FRÍÐ	see Aðalfríður and Alfridh
GAUT	see Algautr
GEIR	see Adalger (German) and Æðelgár (English)
GERD	see Adelgard (German) Aðalgerður (Norse)
GISL	see *Aþa-gíslaR (Norse)
GJAF	see Æthelgifu (English)
GRIM	see Aðalgrímr (Norse)
GUNN	see Adelgund (German)
HARD	see Athalhart (German)
HEID	see Adalhaid (German)
HER	see Aðalherr (Norse) and Adalhar (German); *Aþaharjaz (Norse) and Adohar (German)
HILD	see Adelhild (German)
JON	see Aðaljón (Norse)
LAND	see Adalland (German)
LAUG	see Aðallaug (Norse)
LEN	see Adelena
LIN	see Adelina
LÍN	see Aðallín
LIND	see Adelind
MANN	see Adelmann (German)
MAR	see Athalmar (German) and Æthelmær (English)
MIN	see Adalmina
MUND	see Almund (Norse) and Adalmund (German) and Æðelmund (English)
PER	see Aðalpétur (Norse)
RAD	see Aðalráður (Norse)
RIK	see Athalric (German) and Æðelric (English)
ROS	see Aðalrós (Norse)
RUN	see Adelrun (German)
STEIN	see Æðelstán (English) and Aðalsteinunn (Norse)
SVEIN	see Aðalsveinn
TUN	see Elton (English)
ULF	see *Aþawulfaz (Norse) and Athalwolf (German) and Aþulfs (Gothic) and Aðulf (English)
UNN	see Aðalsteinunn
VALD	see Adalwalt (German)
VARD	see Adalward (German) and Æðelweard (English)
VEIG	see Aðalveig
VI	see Alví
VID	see Alvid
VIG	see Adalwig (German)
VIKING	see Aðalvíkingur (Norse)
VIN	see *Aþawiniz (Ancient Germanic), Ánn (Norse), Adalwin (German) and Æðelwine (English)
ÞEGN	see Aðalþegn
ÞRUÐ	see Alþrúðr (Norse) and Adeltraud (German) and Æthelthryth (English)

First Element Forms

A- Á-
Aad- Aat-
Ad- Að- *Að- Ád- Adh-
*Aða-
Adal- Aðal- Adel- Adél- Ado-
Al- Ál- Ala-
All- Áll- Alle-
Ar-
At- Ath- Atha- Athal- Athl-
Au-
Aþ- Aþa- *Aþa-
E-
Ead-
Eðal-
Edel-
El- Eli-
Ethel-
Hal-
Æðel-
Æth- Æthel- Æþel-