Adela

Meaning & origin

Adela is a girl's name of Czech origin, traditionally used in Christian families. The name means "Noble — the Czech form of Adele, from Germanic adal (noble). It honours Saint Adele of Pfalzel, a Frankish princess and abbess descended from Charlemagne's lineage, remembered as the great-grandmother of Saint Gregory of Utrecht. A graceful Slavic feminine carrying the old aristocratic root shared across Adela, Adele, and Adelaide." and belongs to the Nobility cluster — names with regal heritage and dignified bearing.

Common among Czech, Slovak, European families, Adela carries cultural weight that goes beyond its dictionary definition — it's a name with a story and a community.

Numerology of Adela

Numerology assigns each name a single-digit destiny number by summing its letter values. Different schools use different mappings — NameRoot computes both so you can see how Adela resonates in either tradition.

How Adela sounds

NameRoot scores the phonetic fit of every name against the sound of your last name. The pronunciation of Adela breaks down into 5 phonemes: /AA-D-EH-L-AA/. In the app, you'll see how those sounds flow with your family name across rhythm, stress, and consonant clusters.

Nicknames

Common affectionate forms of Adela — useful for everyday family conversation, early childhood, or as standalone given names themselves.

The six signals, applied to Adela

NameRoot scores every name across six independent dimensions. Here's how Adela maps to each — install the app to see the full compatibility score for your specific family.