Meanings
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
Would any man named Adolphus - any man called Dolly! - object to being called something else?
1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act III1 more example
Sometimes as a child I used to wonder why my brother was called after the man whose very name we were later taught to fear. But then who knows what goes on inside the minds of ambitious, proud Ibo fathers? As most Ibo boys born around that time were called Adolphus after the German leader, Adol is still a fairly common name among the Ibos of Nigeria.
1986, Buchi Emecheta, Head Above Water. An Autobiography. p.11
Origin
- LatinAdolphus
- EnglishAdolphus
From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.
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