Adela (also spelled Adéla or Adella) is a female given name, the latinate form of Adele, meaning 'noble' or 'serene'.Campbell, Kelly. <http://wiki.name.com/en/Adela > "Adela," Wiki.Name.com Adela is a male name in Ethiopia, meaning 'favours', and a female name in Arabic (عدله).
Notable people named Adela include:
Saints Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel Adela of France (1009–1079), saint, Duchess of Normandy, and Countess of Flanders Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), saint, daughter of William I of England Adela, mother of Saint Trudo
Pre-modern world Adela of Champagne (c. 1140–1206), Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis VII, later regent for her son Adela of Flanders (c. 1064–1115), Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess of Apulia Adela of France (1009–1063), Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Flanders Adela of Hamaland (952–after 1021), sovereign Countess of Hamaland in the Netherlands
Adela of Meissen (died 1181), Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark Adela of Milan (c. 975–after 1012), Margravine of Milan by marriage Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), daughter of William I of England and sister of Henry I of England Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel Adela of Ponthieu (c. 1110 – 1174), Countess of Surrey
Adela de Warenne (born c. 1170), Anglo-Angevin noblewoman
Modern world Adéla (singer) (born 2003), Slovak singer-songwriter and dancer Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe
Adela Adamova (born 1927), Argentine ballet dancer
Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937), American politician and suffragist
Adela Navarro Bello (born 1968), Mexican journalist Adela Ben-Yakar, Israeli biomedical engineer
Adéla Bruns (born 1987), Czech sports shooter
Adéla Cernousek (born 2003), French golfer
Adela Coit (1863–1932), German women's suffragist
Adella Colvin, American yarn dyer Adela Cortina (born 1947), Spanish philosopher
Adela Garcia (born 1971), Dominican IFBB Pro Fitness competitor Adéla Hanzlíčková (born 1994), Czech freestyle wrestler Adela Helić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
Adéla Holubová (born 2002), Czech mountain biker Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist and impresario
Adella Hunt Logan (1863–1915), American writer, educator and suffragist
Adéla Lehovcová (born 1991), Czech field hockey player Adela Jušić (born 1982), visual artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adela Micha (born 1963), Mexican journalist Adela Milčinović (1878–1968), Croatian feminist author, critic and suffragette
Adela Neffa (1922–2019), Uruguayan-born Argentine sculptor Adela Noriega (born 1969), Mexican actress Adéla Matasová (born 1940), Czech sculptor Adéla Odehnalová (born 1990), Czech former football defender
Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist Adella M. Parker (1870–1956), American suffragist and politician
Adela Peña, American violinist
Adéla Pivoňková, Czech former football midfielder Adela Popescu (born 1986), Romanian actress and singer Adela Raz (born 1986), Afghan politician
Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
Adéla Šapovalivová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey player
Adela Sequeyro (1901–1992), Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter'
Adéla Škrdlová (born 2001), Czech ice hockey player
Adéla Stříšková (born 2000), Czech handball player Adela Świątek (1945–2019), Polish mathematician
Adella Turner (1856–1938), American activist
Adela Verne (1877–1952), English pianist Adela Vinczeová (born 1980), Slovak television presenter
Adella Wotherspoon (1903–2004), American, youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster Adela Xenopol (1861–1939), Romanian feminist and writer
Adella Kean Zametkin (1863–1931), American writer and activist
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