indicate the level to which a name has been verified.Type Surname (from given name)
Usage German, Dutch, Jewish (Ashkenazi), Yiddish
Scripts אדל(Hebrew) עדל (Yiddish)
Other Forms FormsEdilo, Edelmann, Eydl, Adel
Meaning & History
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Rudi, Alois, Bernhard, Ernst.German: from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Edilo, formed with Old High German adal ‘tribe, family, nobility’.German and Dutch: status name or nickname from Middle High German and Middle Dutch edel ‘noble’. See also Edelmann.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Eydl, meaning ‘noble’.Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German edel ‘noble, splendid, fine’. See also Adel.